My question was different and my fault i was not succint . Let me put the question ina simple way
sasanka ghosh, November 14, 2017 - 3:11 pm UTC
My concern is that people are confused between DBA and DB Architect role .
As per my understanding there r some overlapping area like Performance tuning , deciding on storage, DB level parameter etc. but after that their role are mutually exclusive i.e.
Do not think DBAs will have time left for Logical model , Physical model , data mapping , writing business logic after their daily work of Backup, recovery, monitoring , upgrade security, applying changes to DB etc and similarly Db designer also will not have time left after doing mapping , requirement analysis , , data mapping , ETL rule, Data flow rule for application etc .
In short Admin and Design Architecture have some overlapping area but most r mutually exclusive i.e. NEEDS DEDICATED RESOURCE and specialized skill set.
With Hadoop etc. i feel people r getting confused .
Recently i had 1-2 experience where very senior level guys in large ORGs also thinking in that way and i feel they r underestimating both the Roles.
Do u agree ?
December 01, 2017 - 2:58 am UTC
I think role separation is becoming a thing of the past.
(I'm not necessarily saying that is a *good* thing, but I think it where we are heading).
People aren't looking for someone who can do performance tuning, and backup/recovery. They are looking for people who can *automate* as much of the job as they can, and free up their time to get closer to *business* functions rather than technical functions.
So they become not just database specialists, but *data* specialists - they do modelling, they do integration, they know app servers, they know a myriad of data storage technologies.
That's the future (in my opinion)
A reader, December 07, 2017 - 8:42 pm UTC
When you post a question , can you not refrain from using "IM" style words ( or letters ) ?
How long does it anyone to type "You" in place of "U"?
I miss Tom in this case . He would have reinforced these basic professional communication skills .
December 08, 2017 - 6:30 am UTC
As I said in the initial response:
"their ability to communicate at all levels"
I think that's probably all I need to say.