Database Administrator


A database administrator (DBA) is a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database. In general, these include:

Recoverability - Creating and testing Backups:

Integrity - Verifying or helping to verify data integrity :

Security - Defining and/or implementing access controls to the data:

Availability - Ensuring maximum uptime :

Performance - Ensuring maximum performance given budgetary constraints:

Development and testing support - Helping programmers and engineers to efficiently utilize the database.

Typical Roles