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Re: How many databases do you support?

From: <StevenHaas_at_ebico.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:45:13 -0400
Message-Id: <10619.116967@fatcity.com>


Current client:

     8 databases (4 dev, 4 prod) all 8i (64 bit) on 2 HP-UX 11.0 (64 bit) servers

     20 databases (dev,training,test,prod) all 7.3.4 on 3 NT 4.0 servers 1 DBA consultant (me) primarily on 8i, backup on others 1 DBA employee primarily on NT databases, backup on 8i 1 DBA employee primarily on DB2 backup on 8i 2 HP-UX sys admin (also admin on maybe 10 other servers) 1 NT admin (also admin on about 20 other NT servers)

steve

"Rachel Carmichael" <carmichr_at_hotmail.com> on 09/13/2000 05:41:21 PM

Please respond to ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com

To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> cc: (bcc: Steven P. Haas/Waterside/EBICO) Subject: Re: How many databases do you support?

current job: 7 production, 2 development databases

1 full-time DBA (me) and one consultant DBA who works off-site 3 days a week

and the number is going to grow. But I am also getting another DBA mid-October.

>From: "Ron Rogers" <RROGERS_at_galottery.org>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: How many databases do you support?
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:56:19 -0800
>
>Current job 2 machines, 3 databases. 2 live , 1 development.
>Previous job 4 machines, 4 databases. 2 live, 1 hot backup, 1 development.
>1 DBA/SYSADMIN
>ROR
>
> >>> Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com 09/13/00 02:36PM >>>
>Is there any sort of rule-of-thumb for how many database
>that a DBA should be expected to support? I realize
>that the answer would vary based on size of databases,
>stability, production vs. development, mission critical,
>24/7, etc.
>
>But in general, how many databases would you think
>a DBA should be supporting if you divide the total
>number of databases in an organization by the number
>of DBAs supporting them?
>
>How many databases do you support on average?
>What is the size of your team?
>
>Trying to get ideas for the head count of our DBA team
>here and wondering what the industry standard is.
>
>Thanks
>
>Cherie
>
>
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