Actually, I have Ari's product. I have to admit, it is a pretty neat little
tool. The idea is that you don't need to lug around a laptop with a
wireless Ricochet modem. Yeah, that would be a much better combination, you
could ultimately do more in a shorter amount of time. But, with my Palm
If only it were this simple:
..quantify the amount of time and money their companies would
save if their DBAs.could remotely...
remove from the database a user who is running a command that is
holding up the system.
David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA, OCP
AISD
512-414-1002
I for one think Ari and his company need to be commended. In the future you
and I will be capable of admin'ing and monitoring multiple databases via
handhelds. Larger consulting companies will likely have teams of DBA's that
are responsible for large pools of databases. New databases will be
I wonder if a similar thought was echoed in 1991? Maybe all of the DBAs
that were former DB2, etc DBAs could offer some war stories here. It's
funny that databases have become more cumbersome to manage, not easier IMHO.
DBAs have to understand more technologies that are outside the RDBMS box
Michael,
No not all databases are the same but many are. DBA's as a whole are
extremely inefficient. Most of us well know that we could automate much of
what we do if we just sat down and thought about it for a second. I mean
come on, why should a DBA have to actually check dozens of V$ views
Ethan,
Your scenario reminds me that I should have invested in paper company
stocks when the paperless office was being theorized. Much of the
inefficiency in which we indulge is due to extremely poor craftsmanship
on the part of the people who produce packaged applications. When the
