How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

re: How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

Mark Steenbakkers — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:18:25 GMT

As we say in the Netherlands DBA stands for 'Doet Bijna Alles'.

Or 'Does Nearly Everything' in plain English.

re: How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

BuckWoody — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:34:10 GMT

Danny - thanks for the comment. Actually, I *do* "get out there" - for the past 30 years, actually. :) You may want to re-read the article - I'm saying that I haven't met anyone that does *exactly* that, or *only* that. DBA's have such a wide area, that one can't simply say "A DBA does this or that".

Thanks for reading!

re: How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

Danny Dang — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:17:39 GMT

"I’ve never actually met a DBA that does all of those things" I think that you need to reach out more, meet more experience DBA with background in developing, system administration, network & security knowledge.

Some people just say or write but truly don't know anything deeply details how thing works. Thanks.

re: How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

Adwait Ullal — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:55:29 GMT

Buck,

Apart from the traditional datastores, the DBA/Data Architect also needs to consider native Azure storage, such as Blob/Table, etc and how these will impact the data architecture, reporting, operations, etc.

Would love to see another post on that. You can read my take on it here:

www.slideshare.net/.../moving-your-data-to-the-cloud

Cheers,

- Adwait