Steps to become a Database Administrator

latinmusic74 · 04-20-2009, 01:35 PM

Best steps to become a database administrator.

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 04-20-2009, 02:09 PM

Study and practise database administration... what else can we say?

Pick a database that you wish to specialise in... Oracle, Mysql, Postgresql, MSSQL even, and use it, learn it. Get a junior job working with it, and climb the ladder.

latinmusic74 · 04-20-2009, 04:44 PM

Which one will you recommend for a Junior Position:

Oracle
Mysql
Postgresql
MSSQ

Blinker_Fluid · 04-20-2009, 07:21 PM

1. Learn Database Administration stuff.
2. ???
3. Profit.

(sorry had to)

acid_kewpie · 04-21-2009, 03:06 AM

Depends what kind of DBA you want to be. Oracle is probably the "safest" choice in enterprise environments.

Crito · 04-22-2009, 12:31 AM

All good DBAs are mathematicians.

AnanthaP · 04-22-2009, 01:26 AM

Get a basic qualification As acid_kewpie says, Oracle is probably the "safest".

Entry level job after this should be to join a service organisation where you will be part of a team that does administration for clients. Most of these jobs involve monitoring and recording the health of the data base and raising alerts. This will teach you good practices and procedures for basic server maintenenace and uptime.

Ideally an entry level person shouldn't join clint organisations strainght away since there will be less likelihood of learning the best practices and procedures (relating to your chosen field of DBA).

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Crito · 04-22-2009, 07:32 AM

A lot of developers think they're DBAs and a lot of sysadmins think they're DBAs too.

IMHO, if you can't create a Venn diagram for union, intersect, difference and compliment, then you're not a DBA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_F._Codd

latinmusic74 · 04-22-2009, 12:45 PM

Thanks for all you advise and information. I will take a look in oracle, but first I will do a review on SQL.

ncsuapex · 04-22-2009, 01:31 PM

Quote:

and a lot of sysadmins think they're DBAs too.

I do not wish nor think I'm a DBA.

acid_kewpie · 04-22-2009, 02:00 PM

Having spent half a day screwing around with Oracle XE, I am also no DBA.