MCITP Administrator: Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Database Server Infrastructure Design Study Guide

Introduction

Very often, the term infrastructure causes many IT professionals to cringe or raise an eyebrow that silently (or loudly) asks, “Why do we need to bother with this? Just show me how to make the technology do what it needs to do.” Infrastructure design isn't considered very glamorous—and to be honest, even the word infrastructure isn't particularly pleasant sounding.

Still, it is infrastructure, and the time and effort that you put into it, that can make or break your IT career. In this book, which prepares you for the Microsoft exam 70-443, Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using SQL Server 2005, we introduce you to the concept of infrastructure design.

One of the largest consumers of a database administrator's time is ...