Another vote for that fine book.

I'm also going to pile on and say that you need to ensure your backups are in place. More than that, you need to ensure that the backups will meet the business Recovery Point Objectve and Recovery Time Objective. You can read more about those here[/url].

In terms of those emails, if you're getting emails that are not actionable, it's noise. I would absolutely eliminate them. You need as much signal and as little noise as possible. If your server contacts you, it's because you MUST do something. Otherwise, it should be quiet. Here's an article[/url] I wrote on that topic.

Also, as a DBA in general, here's the approach I advocate for now[/url].