I think Jeff has summed things up very nicely here. Bottom line here is the end result remains the same. The Wheres, How To's for where the data is stored may change but the demand for IO & analysis performance will always be there. That's where the REAL DBA's come in. 😉
Kurt
Kurt W. Zimmerman
SR DBA
Lefrak Organization
New York, NY
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwzimmerman