RE: 2nd DBA or ?

From: Farnsworth, Dave <DFarnsworth_at_Ashleyfurniture.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:46:21 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00393F3F.20010920105553@fatcity.com>

It totally sucks being the only DBA. Getting a day off is almost not worth the hassle. It would be nice to have someone here that I could bounce ideas off of. Being able to go to my kids school events without getting hassled would be a real plus.

Dave

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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Agreed. Do you want to ever be able to go on a 2 week vacation at some point in your life? Or even 1 week overseas?

Then you need a 2nd DBA.

It's also much better for the company. If you should ever decide to seek greener pastures elsewhere there will be someone familiar with all their systems and databases.

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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:56 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

second person, you get to have a life

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<mailto:Sean.ONeill_at_organon.ie> ]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I've been presented with an opportunity to justify requirements for a 2nd DBA at our site. As I see it there are an number of paths this presents:

1 - Justify and get a 2nd DBA.
Pro's: Gives me more time to get involved in other projects as a senior DBA.

Holidays and attendance at courses and seminars etc. easier to take

2 - Outsource this role and activate it when required and justify putting money into investing in software and/or hardware to allow a single DBA function to required levels.
Pros: New tools etc. to learn and broader experience gained. More bargaining power if required.

I'd like to hear your feedback on which path you'd be inclined to take and why?. Also if going it alone what you'd look for software in hardware and other areas. Currently 6 NT servers, 10 databases and expanding...

Sean :)

Rookie Data Base Administrator
Oracle 7.3.3, 8.0.5, 8.1.7 - NT, W2K
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