rsteckly (7/18/2009)
I have worked primarily as a developer and don't really know much about the DBA/Database Developer world. I'd prefer to work for clients remotely. Is there a market out there for that? I've seen widely varying prices--some for $1400 a month for 24/7 monitoring to $300 a month per server.Could anyone fill me in on a) whether there is good demand for remote dba services and b) what the price ranges are for the services?
Thanks,
Ron
Remote DBA support is in good demand as i work for a company that supports remote database activities to many clients and know many biggies that support remotely to customers. The pricing part remains with management so i'm unaware abt that. However, you'll need some infrastructure to securely connect to the remote client. We use a jumpstation at our end to connect securely to client's citrix server and from there we connect to the actual server.
Also, this requires experts with different level of expertise at vendor's side. If you get projects, i suggest u also hire some experts to work for you and also hone your dba skills simultaneously. marketing of your company and actually working for it are two different domains altogether.