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Database Administration

DBA Introduction. Database Processing. Database Administration. An Introduction. DBA Introduction. “Death by Powerpoint”. DBA Introduction. So what’s in a name?. Database Administration We’ll define the term database in the second half of the class tonight What are some DBMS products?

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Database Administration

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  1. DBA Introduction Database Processing Database Administration An Introduction

  2. DBA Introduction “Death by Powerpoint”

  3. DBA Introduction So what’s in a name? • Database Administration • We’ll define the term database in the second half of the class tonight • What are some DBMS products? • What is the de facto standard for retrieval, definition, and manipulation? Page 12

  4. DBA Introduction So what’s in a name? • Database Administration • What does it mean to administer? • to supervise, direct, control, manage • what does this imply? • RESPONSIBILITY Page 12

  5. DBA Introduction Responsibility = Page 14 Page 16

  6. DBA Introduction So show me the money...

  7. Graphic Source: Datamation/dice.com IT salary tracker/December 2000 source: Internet.com Oracle Database Administrator • Average Salary (year 2000) • $87,000/year • $66/hour contract rate Page 16

  8. DBA Introduction So what’s in a name? • Database Administration • Entry level job? • Depends... • size of organization • application DBA versus production DBA • Great variety in job descriptions • www.monster.com Page 12

  9. DBA Introduction Database (rdbms) Market Share • Oracle 46% • IBM 23.6% • Microsoft SQL Server 6.7% • Source IDC (www.idc.com)

  10. DBA Introduction Responsibilities of DBA • Manage • database structure • data activity • DBMS • data repository • Source (Kroenke, 7th ed, 2000)

  11. DBA Introduction In particular... • Managing the development process • Monitoring data activity • Managing rollback segments • Database tuning • Managing Security and auditing • Networking • Managing distributed databases • (Loney, Oracle8 DBA handbook)

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