Chapter 2Introducing database server components

In this chapter, we cover the components that make up a typical database infrastructure. This chapter is introductory; the chapters that follow provide more detail about designing, implementing, and provisioning databases.

Although Microsoft SQL Server is new to Linux, Microsoft has, as much as possible, crafted it to work the same way that it does on Windows. We highlight places where there are differences.

No matter which configurations you end up using, there are four basic parts to a database infrastructure: ...

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