Chapter 3. Some Basics
You have your checklist in hand, you are meeting with people every day, and you are slowly bringing your environment under control. As you meet more and more people, you find that they appear to be speaking in code; their use of acronyms is astounding. Even more astounding is that they expect you to understand the acronyms right from the start.
This chapter will cover some of the technical basics you will be expected to be familiar with. After reading this chapter you should be more familiar with the acronyms you might be hearing frequently, such as RAID, SAN, HA, and DR, and even what DBA means to some people.
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