I totally agree! The more development support required the more DBAs needed and you should always have a backup in case you hit lotto :-).
>>> wisernet100_at_yahoo.com 09/24/02 10:58AM >>>
just to add into the mix. it also depends on how much development is
going on and if you are involved in that as well. I have 3 new
applications going live next month, all brand-new databases and one
project lead who doesn't understand the concept of a design spec and
who keeps handing me major changes in email.
If you have that, in addition to production, in a 24x7 shop, then you
need help
There "should" be at leat 2 DBAs -- what if you get sick or (as one of
my bosses used to say) what if you get hit by a truck?
- DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> wrote:
> Tony - I agree with Tim. This reminds me of the practice years ago of
> measuring the productivity of COBOL programmers by measuring their
> LOC
> (lines of code) production. Number of instances, how large, the
> number of
> developers or end users all have an effect. But how this all works
> out
> depends on many factors that are hard to quantify. Take 24x7 for
> example.
> All my instances are 24x7. I support production plants that are
> running 3
> shifts at times. But, knock on wood, Oracle is pretty reliable and I
> usually
> don't get called. Some of our Unix servers have been up over a year.
> But I
> wouldn't classify my 24x7 alongside some eCommerce sites where the
> company's
> revenue depends on that site being up every minute. There is a lot of
> difference between developers. An experienced developer you've worked
> with
> for many years won't need the detailed assistance that a new
> developer will.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com <mailto:dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com>
>
>
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>
> I'm trying to justify hiring another DBA, and
> management wants more justification. I have put
> together the usual reasons, but they want "Industry
> Standards",
> like how many Databases can one DBA manage. Or how
> many GB/DBA or endusers/DBA?
> Does anyone keep these kind of stats?
> thanks
>
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