Managing Database Storage By Craig S. Mullins Database systems require data files to store the data under management. These files, or data sets, reside on storage media. So storage management should be a key part of the database operations required of a database administrator (DBA). Unfortunately, storage is sometimes relegated to an afterthought; after all, don’t we have storage administrators...
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Curbing the Curmudgeons in the Corner
Curbing the Curmudgeons in the Corner By Craig S. Mullins Sometimes viewed as prima donnas, DBAs can be curmudgeons who have vast technical knowledge, but limited people skills. Just about every database programmer has their favorite DBA story — those famous anecdotes that begin with “I have a problem…” and end with “…and then he told me to stop bothering...