Companies know they need a database administrator, but they
probably don’t have any clue about what they actually do. The
primary duty for a MySQL server DBA is not waking up in a panic
because the phone rang so much it fell off the nightstand during
their on-call nights. Outside of that situation, a DBA’s function
typically revolves around making sure the data is safe, sound and
in one piece when the business needs it. Organizations use
different database setups to try to confuse new database
administrators, even though they typically involve the same
day-to-day tasks.
Monitoring and Optimization
When database administrators get to work, they creep quietly into
the building in an attempt to avoid end users chasing them down
with not-so-priority problems. After a sufficient amount of
caffeine, they fire up their monitoring programs to see whether
the …
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