2786 Designing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Infrastructure

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities

This course is intended for current professional database administrators who have three or more years of on-the-job experience administering SQL Server database solutions in an enterprise environment.

•Understand the tradeoffs among the different redundant storage types. For example, what RAID levels mean, and how they differ from Storage Area Networks (SAN).
•Understand how replication works and how replication is implemented.
•Be familiar with reading user requirements and business-need documents. For example, development project vision/mission statements or business analysis reports.
•Have some knowledge of how queries execute. Must be able to read a query execution plan and understand what is happening.
•Have basic knowledge of the dependencies between system components.
•Be able to design a database to third normal form (3NF) and know the tradeoffs when backing out of the fully normalized design (denormalization) and designing for performance and business requirements in addition to being familiar with design models, such as Star and Snowflake schemas.
•Have monitoring and troubleshooting skills.
•Have knowledge of the operating system and platform. That is, how the operating system integrates with the database, what the platform or operating system can do, and how the interaction between the operating system and the database works. For example, how integrated authentication interacts with Active Directory directory service.
•Have knowledge of application architecture. That is, how applications can be designed in three layers, what applications can do, interaction between applications and the database, interaction between the database and the platform or operating system.
•Must already know how to use:
◦A data modeling tool
◦Microsoft Office Visio (to create infrastructure diagrams)
◦Be familiar with SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies.
◦Have a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 credential or equivalent experience.
In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:
•Course 2778: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL.
•Course 2779: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.
•Course 2780: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database

•Analyze storage, CPU, memory, and network capacity needs.
•Design a strategy for data archiving.
•Design a strategy for database server consolidation.
•Design a strategy for data distribution.
•Design a database server infrastructure.
•Design a strategy for data recovery.
•Establish database conventions and standards

Module 1: Analyzing Capacity Needs

•Estimating Storage Requirements
•Estimating CPU Requirements
•Estimating Memory Requirements
•Estimating Network Requirements
Lab : Analyzing Capacity Needs
•Gathering Requirements that Impact or Affect Capacity Needs
•Estimating Capacity Needs

Module 2: Designing a Strategy for Data Archiving

•Identifying Requirements that Affect Data Archiving
•Determining the Structure of Archival Data
•Creating a Data Archival Plan
Lab : Designing a Strategy for Data Archiving
•Designing an Archiving Solution
•Defending Your Archiving Solution

Module 3: Designing a Strategy for Database Server Consolidation

•Overview of Database Server Consolidation
•Designing a Strategy for SQL Server Instances
•Designing a Database Server Consolidation Plan
Lab : Designing a Database Server Consolidation Strategy
•Designing a Consolidation Strategy
•Defending Your Consolidation Strategy

Module 4: Designing a Strategy for Data Distribution

•Overview of Data Distribution
•Creating a Data Distribution Plan Using Replication
Lab : Designing a Data Distribution Strategy Using Replication
•Designing a Data Distribution Strategy
•Defending Your Data Distribution Strategy

Module 5: Designing a Database Server Infrastructure

•Evaluating the Current Database Server Infrastructure
•Gathering Requirements for Changing a Database Server Infrastructure
•Designing Modifications to a Database Server Infrastructure
Lab : Designing a Database Server Infrastructure
•Choosing a Database Server Hardware and Software
•Defending Your Database Server Hardware and Software Choices

Module 6: Designing a Strategy for Data Recovery

•Creating a Backup and Restore Strategy
•Creating a Database Disaster Recovery Plan
Lab : Designing a Data Recovery Solution
•Devising a Recovery Strategy
•Sharing Lessons Learned from Disaster Recovery

Module 7: Establishing Database Conventions and Standards

•Establishing Database Naming Conventions
•Defining Database Standards
Lab : Establishing Database Conventions and Standards
•Proposing Improved Object Naming Conventions
•Proposing Improved Coding Standards

Infero Training Ltd is based in the Lace Market in Nottingham. Training courses take place at the following locations including Nottingham, Derby, Loughborough, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Burton-on-Trent, Lincoln, Leicester, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Birmingham, Solihul, Coventry, Nuneaton, Peterborough, Grantham