Re: How many DBA's?

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Daniel Morgan

Jane wrote:

> Thanks for the input. I guess I should clarify more.
> Our organization is in a growth stage - especially with respect to
> information. This is the reason why we are attempting to consolidate
> DBA skills. Neither of our production systems are what you would call
> "stable" they are constantly adding new modules, incorporating new
> linkages and trying to meet new users requirements. In fact these
> systems were designed so that they would initially meet the core
> requirements and the rest of the requirements (which were vaguely
> identified in the initial analysis) would be added later.
>
> Currently everything except the 4 smaller databases (which are new
> data initiatives) are managed by me and in addition to this I am
> responsible for application development about 2-3 days a week. I am
> now being requested to be DBA for other these groups who are
> establishing their own data initiatives. As things are going I am
> spending 30-50% (and growing) of my time in meetings and everything
> else is getting neglected. The only solution I can think of is to hire
> DBA's to work with me under my direction.
>
> In the short term there will be little distinction between production
> and development dba's because most of the systems are in a growth
> phase. In the scenario where I am more a Data Manager, advising
> clients and overseeing our organizations data managment. I will have
> very little time to do actual dba work. So, I will have to have junior
> dba's. They will be junior and will have to be trained. The big
> question is how many? and I guess since Daniel mentioned it how I
> divide the work to prevent internal combustion. A large part of the
> work for the next 1-3 years will be development and the projects will
> not have DBA skills, they will rely on this new data group.
>
> I guess one of the biggest problems is that this won't just be
> database administration, there will be significant involvement with
> projects and strategic direction of the organization and these things
> take time because of the politics involved.
>
> Any suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated.
> Jane
Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 11:39:45 CST