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fatinfzi

Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:04 PM

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anyone knows the different between Application DBA and Production support DBA? In my understanding, production support is the person whom maintaining the database, then what about application DBA?

Many thanks! BigGrin

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Posted Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:32 AM

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Check this out:

http://www.brentozar.com/sql/picking-a-dba-career-path/

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Posted Monday, February 18, 2013 7:52 AM

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I would think application DBA is more on development side.

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Jeff Moden

Posted Monday, February 18, 2013 4:47 PM

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free_mascot (2/14/2013)

Check this out:

http://www.brentozar.com/sql/picking-a-dba-career-path/

I think that Brent's descriptions are probably the easiest to understand. DBAs that have a foot in each camp are frequently referred to as "Hybrid DBAs" although many Application DBAs also seem to do both.

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Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:41 AM

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fatinnadiah88 (2/13/2013)

If you're applying for a job at a specific organization, then there is no telling what they mean by "Application DBA". You need to ask them.

There are DBA's that specialize in maintaining database applications like PeopleSoft, SharePoint, or GreenPlum, and half their time could be focussed on performing application specific tasks in addition to the more general tasks like backups and monitoring.

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fatinfzi

Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:21 AM

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Thanks for the answer guys!

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