Re: Career questions: databases
From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:52:05 -0700
Message-ID: <1183326648.60670_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com>
>> The incompetent DBA is not doing backups or not verifying that their
>> backups can be used to restore and recover. The mediocre DBA is writing
>> shell scripts to do backup and tested it once. The average DBA is using
>> RMAN but doesn't really know the tool except to repeat, day after day,
>> what they did the day before. The proficient DBA, like Sybrand for
>> example, has knowledge of the underlying built-in packages and the
>> tables storing metadata in the repository. The expert writes RMAN
>> scripts, without the aide of websites or books, capable of making
>> the tool sing and dance.
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:52:05 -0700
Message-ID: <1183326648.60670_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com>
Lennart wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>> The incompetent DBA is not doing backups or not verifying that their
>> backups can be used to restore and recover. The mediocre DBA is writing
>> shell scripts to do backup and tested it once. The average DBA is using
>> RMAN but doesn't really know the tool except to repeat, day after day,
>> what they did the day before. The proficient DBA, like Sybrand for
>> example, has knowledge of the underlying built-in packages and the
>> tables storing metadata in the repository. The expert writes RMAN
>> scripts, without the aide of websites or books, capable of making
>> the tool sing and dance.
> > Seems a bit harsh that anyone not using oracle is at best mediocre ;-) > > > /Lennart
Written in comp.databases.oracle.server so it is an appropriate analogy. There is an equally valid analogy for every other technology or field of endeavour.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Sun Jul 01 2007 - 23:52:05 CEST