CHAPTER 1
Getting Started
Database administrators (DBAs) are crucial members of every information technology team. They are responsible for mission-critical tasks such as the following:
- Installing software and creating databases
- Providing a highly scalable and well-behaving database environment
- Monitoring and maintaining company databases
- Ensuring that corporate data is backed up, secured, and protected
- Troubleshooting system performance and availability issues
- Being the holistic source of database engineering information
These responsibilities require that a DBA possess a combination of database and operating system (OS) expertise. It’s a fact ...
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