My book on SQL Server 2008 HA is published!!

I haveno words to explain my excitement and happiness to share news with you all - mybook on SQL Server 2008 High Availability is published!!
I havestarted authoring this book in May 2010 and as the time passes and gradually Imove to the final chapter of the book, I was feeling like aha finally it isdone!!! – Do you think so, it was this easy?
No, everypublication house has their own set of rules to be followed while authoring abook and a process to be followed before the chapter or entire book is ready tobe published i.e. 1st edit, 2nd edit of the chapter untilfinal edit and the PacktPublication is no exception.
Sincethis is the first time I was authoring book I was having little or no ideaabout authoring a book. The editors from Packt Publication helped me a lot byhelping me time to time with proper answers to my queries. I must admit that Icould not be able to complete this book without support and encouragement frommy family including my 2 year old daughter Dhruti.
I hopethat you all will enjoy reading and learning from this book as I did while authoringand contributed my little part for the growth of my beloved SQL Server J
Let metell you about this book:
Theterm High Availability means that the servers or systems that host or run thebusiness-critical applications should be highly available 24 X 7. As the word it-selfdefines how important it is to make these applications and data available for end-usersas well as business users, if this data is not available for a short time, itwill be a big problem for both sets of users. Imagine a bank spread across thecountry and having a huge customer base. One fine day, their server crashes! Ifthe bank relies only on backups, then it might end up losing approximately 15to 30 minutes of data, depending on the backup strategy. Now the HA optionsrelated to SQL Server such as clustering, replication, log shipping, anddatabase mirroring will help overcome this situation.
Inthis book I have tried to cover every single piece of information that mightrequires for installing and configuring SQL Server HA option like Clustering,Replication, Log Shipping and Database Mirroring, below are the chapters:
Chapter 1: Understanding Windows Domains, DomainUsers, and SQL Server Security
Chapter 2: Implementing Clustering
Chapter 3: Snapshot Replication
Chapter 4: Transactional Replication
Chapter 5: Merge Replication
Chapter 6: Peer-to-Peer Replication
Chapter 7: Log Shipping
Chapter 8: Database Mirroring
Appendix A: Troubleshooting
Appendix B: External References
If youare interested to read more about the detailed / contents of each chapter youmay find them here https://www.packtpub.com/toc/microsoft-sql-server-2008-high-availability-table-contents
And,here is the link for the sample chapter https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/1223-chapter-1-understanding-windows-domains-domain.pdf
Thank you Dada and Jude for all your support [}]

Good for you!!!
Congratulations![]

Pretty cool, I must say!
Would love to get a copy for review here on SSP and on my own site. Will send you a private mail about it right now.

<P mce_keep="true">KUDOS to Hemant for getting this out as per the schedule.</P><P mce_keep="true">I'm glad to be part of it by writing a foreword and thanks to Hemant for giving me an opportunity, as Frank said it will be nice to highlight here in SSP as we tend to get more HA based questions.</P><P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P><P mce_keep="true"><IMG id=lightboxImage style="DISPLAY: inline; Z-INDEX: 10500; FILTER: ; WIDTH: 500px; ZOOM: 1; HEIGHT: 617px" alt="Microsoft SQL Server 2008 High Availability" src="https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/1223EN_Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%202008%20High%20Availabilitycov.jpg" jQuery1296042294718="76" oldblock="inline"></P><P mce_keep="true">WOW... feels good to see my name along with Hemant on book cover [^]</P>

Hemant brought me into contact with the guys at the publishing house. Let's see what they can do. []

Packt are very helpful and informative in these matters.
Can't wait to see the outside world reviews...[]

Thank you friends for your support and co-operation
Jude here is the link from where a book can be purchased https://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-sql-server-2008-high-availability/book
Frank - Maitreya Bhakal just emailed us all, he has sent your contact information to the marketing department and they will get in touch with you soon.
Dada [}] a very special thanks to you for all your support

Cool! Cheers! []

Congratulations Hemant. Keep it up []

Frank,
Did you receive your copy?

Sorry, not yet. Nobody contacted me to ask for a shipping address. []

Thanks for the information, I will get in touch with him and let you know.

Cheers!

frank, i will send you an email keeping packt publishing marketing team in loop, you will have to send them your postal address to send you the copy

Will send you my contact details this evening.

I have forwarded your contact details to the Packt Publication marketing team, and they will reach you shortly

Fingers crossed! []