Re: DBA staffing question

From: proteus <proteus_at_uq.net.au>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 14:40:10 +1000
Message-ID: <aotbsp$o1m$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>

"eeb" <beach9z_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3DB22B91.3050201_at_yahoo.com...
> Does anyone have a rule of thumb for DBA staffing like number of
> databases per DBA. I know this is kind of a strange question since the
> number can vary widely but in larger shops it might average out.
>

Hi where I work we have 3 DBAs. We 3 also look after Unix administration (25 Sun Boxes), 18 Oracle dbs, 2 Oracle Parallel databases and 24 Progress databases. We are a 24*7 shop, and have a rotating on-call roster system.

cheers

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