Customer Review: Well, the first thing you want to do when you finish a book like this is go on and on about how impressed you are. This is one of the best database technology books I've read, and the best one on MySQL. Digging into the book I would say I was an intermediate DBA. With 12 years experience on... more info
Customer Review: So you're web site seems slow, users have to wait a long time for pages to render. Is it time to start looking at your database, and webserver configs? Perhaps not, there's a lot to be gained by following a few simple rules in your front end. This is a well written, well edited book with only a... more info
Customer Review: This book is a must have for any IT tech or personal computer hobbyist. Even advanced knowledged users sometimes need a little refreshing on some matters and this does the job excellent. It covers from the most basic to some advanced features and doesn't overwhelm the reader with ultra advanced... more info
Customer Review: I am normally good with Cisco books. I was a 19 year old CCNA/CCDA and had my MCSE at the age of 20 (now 27). When I ordered this book I began reading it and I must say this book is very sloppy in its introduction to concepts to the point as to where I am needing google to formulate a better... more info
Customer Review: The only thing that I found helpful not in the Nagios documentation is the scripting piece. It provides good ideas for creating nagios configs for large environment quickly. I was looking for at least a detailed information on integrating it with a third party rrd tool such as cacti for creating... more info
Customer Review: I purchased Jain's "The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis" for a 3-month graduate course, and I must admit that, in retrospect, I was a bit daunted by its size upon receipt (we were to cover the entire text). Further, I had my doubts about the relevancy of the text in the current... more info
Customer Review: This book is an invaluable resource for any Java EE architect, or sysadmin working in this environment. It exposes in great detail all aspects of performance tuning and management, providing excellent advice on how to plan, develop and monitor your applications ensuring that they perform as... more info
Customer Review: This is one of the worst written and ill-conceived book. Author knows very little about current trends in information systems. An average well-informed reader would know more about information systems than the author without reading a single page of this book. Author's style is old school, orthodox... more info