Re: Data Management and Database Management

Laconic2 wrote:
> What's the difference, if any, between managing a database and managing the
> data contained in a database.
>
> In terms of people's roles and responsibilities, what are the advantages of
> having the same person responsible for managing the database and the data in
> it? What are the disadvantages?
>
>
In larger organizations there is a definite difference. Database management is concerned with the management of the database as a whole. Data management is concerned with the management of data for individual applications.

The database is managed by one or more DataBase Administrators (DBAs) who are responsible for the administration of the database, for example, running backups, monitoring database performance, examining logs for signs of errors and doing whatever is necessary to assure the integrity of the database as a whole.

The data is managed either by the application programmers or by a dedicated data administration staff. They are responsible for the validity of the data that is inserted into the database, developing internal controls to prevent "bad transactions", for monitoring application data and for doing whatever is necessary to assure the integrity of the data stored in the database.

HTH Jerry Received on Thu Sep 16 2004 - 20:34:46 CEST