Oracle DBA – Beginner’s essential Guide

Preface:

   This article is mainly aiming for giving a solid idea about Oracle for the beginners and the Job seekers.

Role of DBA:

   In order to become a fully fledged DBA, you need to have an understanding of the basic concepts about oracle architecture and DBA responsibilities. This article aims to provide the fundamentals of what a DBA is and what a DBA does in their daily role.   DBAs are highly paid, due to the nature of their responsibilities, risks and technical knowledge. The Database Administrator (DBA) takes care of all of the security, manage, data management and efficient running of an organizations database. Backup and recovery are also one of the essential parts of the role. The DBA must frequently make recommendations for improvement and future strategy. The DBA must liaise frequently with co-workers and other departments who rely on the database for information. During out of office hours also DBA has to support their critical database with extra vigilance in order to keep the organizations database operational. DBA always would be more careful to maintain the data integrity. . Developers rely on the database for their working platform. Therefore it not only affects the users but developers of products and applications. Another task performed by the DBA is the evaluation and comparison of DBMS’s, so that the correct product can be selected to meet the database and customer specification.