Re: Top 10 DBA Do's and Don'ts anyone - Here is my list, comments

#0 - Do understand the business need(s) being met (along with business terminology).
Being able to commincate technical information in terms that business decision makers
use is critical for the business bottom line (and by extension - your own bottom line).

Have Fun :)

Freeman Robert - IL wrote:

>Here is the list of top 10 do's and don't that I came up with.
>
>#1 - Do Maintain your Expertise
>#2 - Do Use the DBMS_STATS Package to Collect Statistics
>#3 - Do Use Bind Variables
>#4 - Do Put your Production Database in ARCHIVELOG Mode
>#5 - Do Use Locally Managed Tablespaces
>#6 - Do Monitor Your Database
>#7 - Do Practice Recoveries
>#8 - Do Get Involved with User Groups and Other Resources
>#9 - Do Establish Standards and Change Control Processes
>#10 - Do Think Ahead
>
>Bonus! - Do tune to Reduce Logical IO's Not Physical IO's.
>(With regards to Cary!)
>
>Oracle Database Top 10 Don'ts
>#1 - Don't Waste Time Re-Organizing Your Databases
>#2 - Don't Use .Log or Other Common Extensions For Your Database File Names
>#3 - Don't Leave Your Database Open To Attack
>#4 - Don't Decide Against Hot Backups
>#5 - Don't Use ASSM
>#6 - Don't Forget the 80/20 Rule
>#7 - Don't Stack Views
>#8 - Don't Be a Normalization Bigot
>#9 - Don't Forget to Document Everything
>#10 - Do Not Use Products You are Not Licensed For.
>
>Bonus!! - Do Not Assume A Good or Bad Hit Ratio Means Anything
>
>Ok, anyone wanna comment?
>
>
>Robert G. Freeman
>Technical Management Consultant
>TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com
>904.708.5076 Cell (It's everywhere that I am!)
>Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com!
>
>
>

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