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Principles of Data Management, 3rd Edition
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Principles of Data Management, 3rd Edition

by Keith Gordon
July 2022
Intermediate to advanced
298 pages
8h 34m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
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10 DATABASE ADMINISTRATION

This chapter provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of database administrators. It also provides a more in-depth view of one of the jobs carried out by database administrators, the monitoring and tuning of the performance of a database.

DATABASE ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBILITIES

Database administration is concerned with the management and control of the software used to access physical data. The database administrators, often called DBAs, look after the database management systems in use to record the enterprise’s data. Database administrators are responsible for:

  • development and maintenance of technical standards covering the database administration function;
  • physical database design;
  • the management ...
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ISBN: 9781780175935