Chapter 4. Installing and upgrading SQL Server 2008
With SQL Server 2008's new and enhanced features, you can install and configure SQL Server instances that comply with best practices much easier than with earlier versions. Starting with the installation wizard, there are several new options, such as the ability to specify separate directories for backups, transaction logs, and the tempdb database. On the configuration side, policy-based management (which we'll discuss in detail in chapter 8) lets you store instance configuration settings in XML configuration files that can be applied to a server instance after installation.
The next chapter will focus on clustered installations of SQL Server. This chapter covers the installation and upgrade ...
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