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Database Optimization

Course Title :
Database Optimization
Course Description :
Video TutorialsThis Database Optimization course provides viewers with important techniques and checklists to configure, monitor, and manage their databases. You will learn how to develop a tuning strategy, explore the tuning and diagnostic tools, understand the relational database model and implications on performance, evaluate the application for efficient design, structure, and other factors affecting performance and evaluate hardware for effects on performance. Join us as we review best practices in designing, optimizing, and maintaining your database. You will benefit from this course whether you have some experience with optimizing databases or are just starting out. Work files are included. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
Author : Lauri Matson
Date : 06-01-2010
Duration : 8 hrs / 111 tutorials
Language : English
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Videos :
Introduction
  Introduction & Disclaimers (03:36)
  Optimizing a Database (03:42)
  Some Common Problems (06:10)
Designing for Performance
  Planning & Process Principles (04:02)
  Design Principles (05:33)
  Client/Server Interaction (05:04)
Troubleshooting & Testing
  What to Look for (05:31)
  Types of Testing (05:19)
  SQLdiag Tool (04:18)
Conducting an Audit
  Understanding Audits (03:55)
  Components of Audits (03:27)
  Examples of Components (04:33)
  Creating Audits Through Procedures (04:15)
Relationships & Joins
  Relationships (05:12)
  Understanding Joins (05:39)
  Optimizing Joins (06:05)
  Joins & Indexing (02:15)
Referential Integrity
  Proper Use of Integrity (02:39)
  Integrity Continued (06:15)
  Primary/Foreign/Candidate Keys (05:31)
  Troubleshooting Integrity (05:03)
Data Types & Validations
  Unions (02:02)
  UNION in SQL (03:11)
  Standards (05:30)
  Validation (04:54)
Creating a Data Model
  Conceptual/Logical/Physical Models (05:37)
  Relational Modeling (04:41)
  Entity Model (03:04)
  Schemas (04:23)
Database Normalization
  First Normal Form (04:31)
  Second Normal Form (04:39)
  Third Normal Form (03:33)
  Denormalization (06:26)
Temporary Tables
  Creating & Using Temporary Tables (03:54)
  Heap & Memory Tables (03:08)
  EXPLAIN Statement (05:16)
Query/Views Optimization
  Introduction to Execution Plans (04:45)
  Running the SQL Execution Plan (05:07)
  Using Profiler for the Execution Plan (04:41)
  SET SHOWPLAN_TEXT (04:15)
Index Strategies
  Effective Indexes (06:31)
  Short & Distinct Keys (04:25)
  Looking at Indexes in SQL (03:18)
  Optimizing & Indexes (05:35)
Clustered Indexes
  Clustered vs. Non-Clustered Indexes (04:42)
  Tips for Clustered Indexes (03:47)
  Significance on Performance (05:57)
More Tuning
  Eliminating Unwanted Data (05:10)
  SHRINKFILE Examples (02:43)
  Database Tuning Advisor (02:17)
  DTA Example (05:50)
Data Types & Quality
  Data Quality (05:16)
  Overview of Data Types (03:08)
  SQL vs. Oracle Data Types (03:28)
  Examples in SQL (03:09)
Best Practices
  Creating a Sustainable Database (05:08)
  Documentation (05:04)
  Most Common Practices (04:18)
Stored Procedures & Triggers
  Stored Procedures/Functions/Triggers (04:53)
  Writing Stored Procedures (05:18)
  Creating a Function & When to Use (04:33)
  Working with Triggers (04:43)
Hardware Performance Concepts
  CPU & Input/Output (03:58)
  Memory Management (03:57)
  Network Infrastructure (04:52)
Applying Performance Concepts
  Task Manager (03:31)
  System vs. Performance Monitor (02:20)
  Performance Monitor (05:13)
  SQL Database I/O Report (02:24)
  Examples for sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats (03:04)
Monitoring
  Event Viewer (05:49)
  SQL Activity Monitor (05:41)
  Locks & Deadlocks (04:47)
  Monitoring Services (03:03)
Database Security
  Privileges (03:56)
  Role Based Authorization (04:24)
  GRANT & REVOKE Statements (04:19)
  Reviewing Security in SQL (03:08)
Understanding Lifecycles
  Lifecycle Management (05:39)
  The Database Lifecycle (05:22)
  Using the SQL Management Plan (05:06)
Using Baselines & Profiler
  Importance of Baselines (03:34)
  SQL Profiler (05:00)
  Trace & Other Profiler Tools (03:36)
  Terminology in Work Files (01:45)
Analyzing Slow Performance
  Database Testing (05:22)
  Thoughts on Troubleshooting (04:57)
  Generalized Tips (03:42)
Optimizing Code
  Levels of Optimization (02:46)
  UNION vs. OR Optimization (02:17)
  JOIN vs. WHERE (02:14)
  Weak Joins (02:52)
  Coding Tips (04:35)
Statistics
  Overview of Statistics (02:57)
  Seeing Statistics in SQL (04:35)
  Auditing (03:48)
  Auditing in SQL (02:52)
Other Components
  Database Consistency Checker (DBCC) (03:34)
  DBCC in SQL (03:03)
  System Catalog (02:28)
  System Catalog in SQL (03:01)
Checklists
  Architecture & Design (03:34)
  Constraints & Influences (04:36)
  Performance Tuning (05:17)
  Index Checklist (03:52)
  General Checklist (03:53)
Odds & Ends
  Business Intelligence (04:16)
  Archiving (05:15)
  ADONET (03:29)
Conclusion
  Wrap Up & Work Files (03:17)
Credits
  About the Author (01:58)

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