Data Replication: Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information

by Marie Buretta

For enterprise-wide data replication that works, you'll find the right tools for the right job--right here

Data Tools and Techniques for Managing Distributed Information is a step-by-step guide to replicated data implementation, covering everything from technologies and terms to design approaches used by major vendors like IBM and Sybase to the latest in alternative design strategies. Here's everything on selecting the right set of replication tools and designing and building databases that work effectively with these tools. In addition, the book
* Clear data distribution methodology and tips and techniques for designing databases that use replication efficiently
* A work plan for building an in-house framework for replication
* An application developer's work plan for implementing replication
* Highlighted "Tips" and "Warnings" and a Decision
* Tree that offers easy selection of the best replication alternatives
* Concepts applicable to both vendor-supplied and in-house solutions
* Illustrative case studies on such topics as using replication within the OLAP operational data store, and OLTP and mobile computing environments

384 pages, Paperback

First published March 10, 1997