Wow, I don't even go near that until I have some conceptual concepts of the model.
IE: Archiving usually only happens on a few tables. Security may or may not be deeply discussed depending on how the application intends to get involved. And other things.
I usually start with "Can I see the thing?" and go from there. Are you in a medical repository and do you need to obey HIPAA, and do the lawyers care about this database? Sure, point in time recovery versus overnight backups and things are definately things to discuss, but that's never where I'd start. You need to know what you're protecting and administrating before you can start to ask intelligent questions and offer solutions for the expectations.
Well, I do, anyway. Don't know about you guys.
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