Introduction If you have been reading this blog, you probably have noticed that very few of them have discussed complex technical topics in-depth.  Trust me when I say we’ll be getting very technical very shortly but I think it is important to cover topics that others don’t spend a lot of time focusing on. Being [...]

Database administrators are ultimately responsible for guaranteeing the quality of their organization’s database environments. From protecting against unauthorized access to providing 24×7 availability – “the buck stops at the DBA Unit.” Although the database infrastructure (DB binaries, O/S, hardware) doesn’t change much, there is one component that usually changes a lot – the application. This [...]