Chapter 6: Databases
Technically database systems are applications that run on top of the operating system and should not be of direct concern to us as system administrators. That is an excellent theory. In the real-world, databases are tightly tied to the operating system, tend to be general knowledge items, require deep technical knowledge, and relatively little overall time. Because of this it almost universally makes sense that database management duties fall to system administrators; this is especially true on Linux distributions today because most databases that we are likely to use are bundled with the operating system itself.
In this chapter we are going to learn about the following:
- Separating a Database from a DBMS
- Comparing Relational and NoSQL Databases
- Discovering Common Databases on Linux
- Understanding Database Replication and Data Protection Concepts
In the good ol' days system administration and database administration were almost...
