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Mastering SQL Server® 2008
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Mastering SQL Server® 2008

by Michael Lee, Gentry Bieker
January 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
792 pages
23h 8m
English
Sybex
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Chapter 12

Data Availability and Distribution

What's the use of having a database if you can't access your data when you need it? In today's world of mission-critical database applications and 24/7 businesses requiring minimum downtime, the job of DBA is more challenging than ever before. You not only have to create a great database application, you also have to make sure that it is up and available when anyone needs it.

The cousin to availability is data distribution. Sometimes the issue is not as much about having constant uptime as it is the distribution of data to the consumer who needs it. In some cases, the same solutions as those used for availability are appropriate. In others, you will need new solutions to solve the data-distribution ...

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