Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070016976 ISBN 13: 9780070016972

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx), 1996

This is a book on high-performance database design using SYBASE and featuring SYBASE Release 11. It highlights all the major issues involved in performance/fine-tuning relational database management systems and compares SYBASE with its leading competitors, including Oracle and Informix.

From the Back Cover:

Relational distributed database design, implementation, and management are the most important and challenging fields in computing today-and they are the subjects of this essential book. Focusing on SYBASE System 11, this volume gives the many professionals involved in the excitement and fast evolution of relational database environments the tools they need to meet today's and tomorrow's challenges. If you are working in a distributed environment, or need to plan for one, this book will answer your questions about procedures and hardware-and help you deal effectively with the all-important area of performance. Noted computer consultant George Anderson thoroughly covers all the real-life issues facing designers and implementors. Clientatabase Design with SYBASE: Features SYBASE System 11; Explains System 11's important implications for database design; Compares performance with systems from Informix, Oracle, and IBM; covers controversial issues such as locking strategies and scalable architecture; Details differences between SQL Server 10 and SQL Server 11; Fully shows how to migrate from System 10 to 11; Offers tips on improving the performance of long-running jobs, including batch jobs; Provides information on state-of-the-art monitoring and adminstration tools; Fully treats transaction management. Useful appendixes include SYBASE features, error codes, and other hardware and software requirements. A volume in the McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications.