This presentation will discuss and evaluate the tasks of a DBA and how to position it from my experience in many European and US companies, for example
- Help to determine the database design
- Hardware level
- Application design level
- Determine the ADABAS parameters
- Help to determine the transaction design
- Coordinate the online and batch processes
- Develop back-up and recovery procedures
- Ensure (force) quality assurance and quality control
- Performance Management: Performance and Tuning
- Educate and train staff members
- Help to determine data security
- Help to determine standard routines and help functions
- Maintain and optimize the database system
- Ideal DBA profile -- technically and personally
- Future requirements
- Position and salary of the DBA in the enterprise
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