What is the most important to DBA (Windows Server or .Net)?

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What is the most important to DBA (Windows Server or .Net)?

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October 6, 2013 at 5:38 am

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What is the most important thing to the DBA , is to know windows server deeply or to know .Net deeply like (VB , C#) what is more significant to him between these two choices as a DBA

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

Depends on the type of DBA, the company's needs and roles and the DBA's interests.

Someone who's more a developer DBA will probably want to know .net better, someone who's more a 'systems' dba (DBA cross sysadmin) probably needs windows server.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003857 More actions · Answer 2

MohamedDBA (10/6/2013)
What is the most important thing to the DBA , is to know windows server deeply or to know .Net deeply like (VB , C#) what is more significant to him between these two choices as a DBA

Although either of those can be great for supplemental skills, I'd say that neither is the most important to being a DBA. According to the interviews I've conducted over the last six years, many people that call themselves "DBAs" and may, indeed, be working in the position of DBA, don't actually have what it takes or the knowledge to be what I think of as a good DBA.

Not to throw a wet blanket on your obvious high level of motivation (well done on THAT!) but unless you're an absolute cracker-jack in the area of DBA knowledge (and a lot of people that think they are just don't know what they don't know), I'd recommend spending more time deeply studying SQL Server and T-SQL before venturing into other areas of expertise. Truly good DBAs are hard to find.

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Bhuvnesh SSC Guru Points: 59351 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden (10/6/2013)
Truly good DBAs are hard to find.

+100000000000

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398679 More actions · Answer 4

Backups and restores.

Oh, those weren't on the list. I'm going to support Gail's answer. If you spend more time building and designing systems, having a working knowledge of how the app code is written is more important. If you spend time doing installs & system configurations, then understanding Windows is more important.

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