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Exploring the future of the Oracle DBA
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What makes a great DBA?
• Nobody knows where you sit • Nobody knows who you are • Nobody knows what a DBA does
The role of the DBA
• Often anonymous • Highly technical • Narrow organizational interface
Are DBAs becoming obsolete?
• Concerns • Cloud • NoSQL • Automation • Google, DBAaaS • Pipeline • Agile/DevOps
Are DBAs becoming obsolete?Performing an Oracle 1.0 to DBA 2.0 Upgrade ~ Harald van Breederode & Joel Goodman
https://blogs.oracle.com/certification/resource/ORC-0646.pdf
The DBA is dead. Long live the DBA!
• Oracle 9i • Advisors • Automated management • New features
• Again with Oracle 10g • …and Oracle 11g • …and Oracle 12c
The DBA is dead. Long live the DBA!
• New features • Increasing complexity • More technical choices • Strategic role growing
• The plane still needs a pilot!
Looking back on DBA 1.0/2.0
• DBA 1.0 – Installation – Database performance tuning – Backup/recovery
• DBA 2.0 – Better understanding of operating system – Better understanding of storage – Touches on virtualization
Remaining relevant
We must adapt to change, not resist it
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
Arguably, everything in the cloud ultimately manages, or provides access to, data
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• Cloud • Rapid time to delivery • Empowerment • Simplicity • Consistency
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• Security and compliance • Masking • Encryption • Role-based security • Profiles • Internal/external threats • Legislated protections • Convergence across domains
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• Backup and recovery • Test, test, test! • Narrowing RTO/RPO • More challenging SLA • Recovery hierarchies
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• DevOps/Agile • Contribute to quality • Education • Protect against failure at scale
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• Standardiation • Version control • Configuration management
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• NoSQL and alternatives • Too easy not to • Evolves into business process • Inherited responsibility
Upgrading to DBA latest-release
• Mentoring • odtug.com/page/leadership • Meetup • Universities • Community programs
Out of the shadows
• Become frontline contributors • Broaden the organizational interface • Growing strategic role • Build partnerships • Engagement
The role of the DBA is shifting from utilitarian to strategic.
The DBA remains a curator of data but our proximity makes us its most
powerful and effective champions.
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