Healthy SQL

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Healthy SQL

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 1-17

3. Creating a Road Map

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 19-41

4. Waits and Queues

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 43-80

5. Much Ado About Indexes

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 81-114

6. Tools of the Trade: Basic Training

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 115-147

7. Expanding Your Tool Set

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 149-185

8. Creating a SQL Health Repository

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 187-229

9. Monitoring and Reporting

   • Robert Pearl

   Pages 231-278

10. High Availability and Disaster Recovery

    • Robert Pearl

    Pages 279-322

11. Surviving the Audit

    • Robert Pearl

    Pages 323-368

12. Back Matter

    Pages 369-378

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"Robert Pearl, a well-known DBA in the SQL community, explains his holistic vision of a database instance that needs regular check-ups and gives the tools, scripts, and best practices he has collected over the years." Alberto Bolchini, Computing Reviews, May 9, 2016

Healthy SQL is about ensuring the ongoing performance health of a SQL Server database. An unhealthy database is not just an inconvenience; it can bring a business to its knees. And if you are the database administrator, the health of your SQL Server implementation can be a direct reflection on you. It's in everyone's best interest to have a healthy SQL implementation. Healthy SQL is built around the concept of a medical checkup, giving you the tools you need to assess the current health of your database and take action to improve upon that health and maintain good performance to your business.

Healthy SQL aids in developing a rigorous routine so that you know how healthy your SQL Server machines are, and how you can keep those same servers healthy and fit for duty. The book is filled with practical advice and a time-tested strategy, helping you put together a regimen that will ensure your servers are healthy, your implementation is fully optimized, your services are redundant and highly available, and you have a plan for business continuity in the event of a disaster. If your current environment doesn't match up with these criteria, then pick up a copy of Healthy SQL today and start your journey on the road to a fit and tight SQL Server deployment.

“The book’s intended audience includes both junior and seasoned SQL Server DBAs: they will appreciate it for the hands-on approach as well as for the valuable scripts and tools … they will easily incorporate in their toolboxes.” (Alberto Bolchini, Computing Reviews, computingreviews.com, May, 2016)

Robert Pearl, president and founder of Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc., has been a Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2009, having received his fifth MVP recognition award. He is a solutions-oriented senior DBA with 15+ years of experience, and is considered a subject-matter expert on SQL Server technology. He also coined the terms Healthy SQL™ and SQL Fitness™ to kick off the worldwide healthy SQL campaign to highlight the need for regular health checks to ensure that everyone’s SQL Server environment has achieved a healthy state. He is a SQL Community and SQL Saturday evangelist, promoter, and speaker, and maintains his regular blog called Pearl Knows at SQLServerCentral.com. Pearl was voted Top Blogger in the 2011 SQL Mag Community Choice Awards. He is also the creator/developer of the award-winning product SQL Centric—a web-based database monitoring and alert system for DBAs. Robert is a SQL Saturday organizer and co-chair of the successful New York Metro PASS SQL Saturdays.

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