November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
982 pages
34h 23m
English
book
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Internals
by Bob Beauchemin Kalen Delaney Conor Cunningham, Jonathan Kehayias, Benjamin Nevarez, and Paul S. Randal
Overview
Dive deep inside the architecture of SQL Server 2012
Explore the core engine of Microsoft SQL Server 2012—and put that practical knowledge to work. Led by a team of SQL Server experts, you’ll learn the skills you need to exploit key architectural features. Go behind the scenes to understand internal operations for creating, expanding, shrinking, and moving databases—whether you’re a database developer, architect, or administrator.
Discover how to:
Dig into SQL Server 2012 architecture and configuration
Use the right recovery model and control transaction logging
Reduce query execution time through proper index design
Track events, from triggers to the Extended Event Engine
Examine internal structures with database console commands
Transcend row-size limitations with special storage capabilities
Choose the right transaction isolation level and concurrency model
Take control over query plan caching and reuse
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