Database Reliability Engineering

Name: Database Reliability Engineering
Author: Laine Campbell, Charity Majors

Laine Campbell, Charity Majors

Published 2015

The infrastructure-as-code revolution in IT is also affecting database administration. With this practical book, developers, system administrators, and junior to mid-level DBAs will learn how the modern practice of site reliability engineering...

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🟢 Developer Verdict

Applies Site Reliability Engineering principles to database administration, offering practical guidance for modernizing DBA practices.

Read this if

✓ You are a DBA transitioning to a Database Reliability Engineer role.
✓ You want to implement SRE methodologies for database operations.
✓ You seek practical examples of infrastructure-as-code for databases.

Skip this for now if

✗ You are looking for an introductory guide to database fundamentals.
✗ You expect deep dives into specific database system internals.
✗ You prefer theoretical discussions over practical, actionable advice.

Developer signal: Overwhelming Consensus · 100% 2 analyzed mentions Practical

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💬 What Developers Say

"I just bought the Google SRE book and Charity Majors' Database Reliability Engineering."
— paulbiggar · Dark devlog #1: Fresh start · Jun 30, 2020

"In an early passage in the book Database Reliability Engineering (Laine Campbell, Charity Majors), a very concrete example of such a situation is given"
— conw_y · How do you measure yourself as a developer? · Aug 23, 2019