At the last PASS summit, Tony Davis, Andrew Clarke and Rodney Landrum cornered SQL Server MVP Glenn Berry, and found out what made a normal, well-adjusted developer want to become a DBA, the impact of virtualization, solid state disks and SAN administrators on the life of a DBA, and what led him to write a book all about SQL Server Hardware.
To download a free version of the eBook that is discussed in this interview, visit this page.
So how should you install and configure SQL Server 2012 properly? Glenn Berry completes his two-part series by explaining the steps needed to complete the preparation and do the actual installation.
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