Tasks and tools for database administration profiles
To support database administration activities, which can be plentiful, it is necessary to have the appropriate tools for each operation, ensuring scalability, security, and productivity in the administration.
Tasks of the DBA
The tasks performed by the DBA vary greatly from organization to organization, and in the different database solutions being used. The following are some examples of the key tasks:
- Choosing the best data storage options based on the project requirements
- Defining a database capacity plan
- Installing and configuring databases and database tools
- Defining and implementing a data model (normalizing tables, primary and secondary keys definition, indexes in tables, and so on)
- Defining database access roles and managing these accesses
- Defining database availability requirements and defining/implementing high availability, load balancing, backup and restore strategies, and disaster recovery...