This is a stepbystep guide with an easytofollow approach. A variety of diagrams and images support the concepts explored in the book. This book also contains important tips and tricks, thus making it a really useful reference for Vertica administration activities. If you are a Vertica user or DBA who wants to perform basic administration and fine tuning, then this book is for you. Prior knowledge of Vertica will help you to understand the concepts better, but is not mandatory. Some intermediate knowledge of RDBMS, SQL, Linux, and *ing languages such as Perl or Python will be helpful.展开