Informix DBA Survival Guide, Second Edition

Chapter 1. The Database Administrator: Doing the Job

There are probably as many different descriptions of the database administrator's job function as there are DBAs. Depending upon the complexity and culture of the firm, the database administrator can be anything from a developer who just happens to also wear a DBA hat all the way up to a member of a team of DBAs, all of whom have different responsibilities. Most will fall somewhere in the spectrum between the two extremes.

As a result of the increasing popularity of data warehouses and data marts, we are seeing the emergence of such specialties as data warehouse managers, database analysts, and data managers. Many of these terms are rather loosely defined or are unique to certain corporate ...