just to add into the mix. it also depends on how much development is going on and if you are involved in that as well. I have 3 new applications going live next month, all brand-new databases and one project lead who doesn't understand the concept of a design spec and who keeps handing me major changes in email.
If you have that, in addition to production, in a 24x7 shop, then you need help There "should" be at leat 2 DBAs -- what if you get sick or (as one of my bosses used to say) what if you get hit by a truck? --- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony - I agree with Tim. This reminds me of the practice years ago of > measuring the productivity of COBOL programmers by measuring their > LOC > (lines of code) production. Number of instances, how large, the > number of > developers or end users all have an effect. But how this all works > out > depends on many factors that are hard to quantify. Take 24x7 for > example. > All my instances are 24x7. I support production plants that are > running 3 > shifts at times. But, knock on wood, Oracle is pretty reliable and I > usually > don't get called. Some of our Unix servers have been up over a year. > But I > wouldn't classify my 24x7 alongside some eCommerce sites where the > company's > revenue depends on that site being up every minute. There is a lot of > difference between developers. An experienced developer you've worked > with > for many years won't need the detailed assistance that a new > developer will. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:43 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I'm trying to justify hiring another DBA, and > management wants more justification. I have put > together the usual reasons, but they want "Industry > Standards", > like how many Databases can one DBA manage. Or how > many GB/DBA or endusers/DBA? > Does anyone keep these kind of stats? > thanks > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: tony ynot > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
