Last week I was proud to publish my latest database book, this time on the important topic of achieving and maintaining efficient performance for your databases and the applications that access them. Appropriately enough, this book is titled Optimizing Database Performance, and it is available now in both print and ebook formats on amazon. So I hope you will click on the links and check it out!
I wrote the book to explain the many aspects of performance management that need to be addressed when dealing with database management systems. You see, even though it is generally accepted that you should tune your systems and that high performance is a “good thing,” rarely does anybody really take the time to define what is meant by the term “performance.” Especially when things are falling apart or on fire!
One of the first things this book does is to define the elements of database performance. After grasping the basic concepts, the book expands to detail the components and issues that contribute to how your database systems and application perform. It defines the four levels of database performance and offers in-depth guidance on the components of each. It also offers up steps that can be taken to not only review database performance, but to optimize the systems and applications accessing your databases.
Armed with the information in this book you can confidently implement, maintain, and tune your databases and applications to ensure their effectiveness and efficiency. In other words, ensure optimal database performance.
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