Re: 10g News

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:21:37 -0800
Message-ID: <1074900030.521925@yasure>

JEDIDIAH wrote:

> On 2004-01-23, Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
>

>>JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Shiny happy user interfaces don't lower the cost of ownership. 
>>>Typically, they make automation difficult or impossible. 
>>>Sysadmins (of any sort) aren't secretaries and they tend not to
>>>use systems as such.
>>
>>They can if used appropriately.

>
>
> ...and if nothing else that the CIO has bought into conflicts
> with the tool. I can see some of Oracle's latests attempts a
> emulating Microsoft being moot anyways.
>
> The automated storage manager sounds postively JBOD.
>
>

>>And those that don't figure it out may soon be saying "Do you want fries 
>>with that?"
>>
>>What CIO, knowing the power being put into DBAs hands is going to stand 
>>for someone saying they need a week to reconfigure the disk array? Fewer 
>>and fewer that is for sure.

>
>
> You're addressing the wrong audience with such hyperbole. DBA's
> typically don't hold the keys to that particular fiefdom.

DBAs are the only ones that hold the keys to where their data files are and to resolving hot-spot issues. If an SA gets involved it is at the DBA's request.

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