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Key Challenges Confronting the Contemporary Oracle Remote DBA

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[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t the heart of every modern enterprise are one or more databases that power essential management and operations applications. Database administrators who are increasingly operating offsite have the ultimate responsibility to ensure that the database operates at its maximum potential and with the least amount of downtime.

As information technology shifts rapidly to an application-centric approach and the complexities of dataindex and workloads increase, the database administrator is facing more challenges every day. The scenario is compounded because now data is not only kept onsite but also increasingly on the cloud, however, even as the IT landscape changes rapidly, database administrators need to rise to the occasion and overcome the challenges successfully.

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Application-Centricity Rules

 Since every application is invariably powered by a dataindex, whenever there is an issue with the application performance or availability, usually the database can be held accountable. When a user faces a problem with the application he is running, they really care two hoots about the nature of the problem and demand services to be restored very quickly by the IT department. According to a recent study, 88% of IT professionals reported that their main challenge was application performance due to database issues. In an environment that is increasingly becoming application-centric due to DevOps, cloud computing and other technological shifts, Oracle remote DBA experts are increasingly being held accountable for both application and database performance.

Delivering Enhanced Application Performance

Since Oracle database administrators have an enhanced responsibility that includes application performance they need to be proactive and align themselves more with the end-user experience by evaluating application performance and the dataindex impact on a continuous basis and not only when there is a major problem. They should now measure performance more on the wait times experienced by the user rather than the conventional perspective of infrastructure resources. The analysis of wait-times can give the DBAs a very good insight into what both end-users and the database is waiting for and thus makes clear what the bottlenecks are. To do this effectively they can implement monitoring tools that can tell them about what is happening across the full application stack, including dataindex support infrastructure comprising virtualization layers, servers and hosts, networks, storage systems, and more. Detection of performance anomalies is helped if the performance baselines of applications and database are established historically and compared on a day of the week basis.

Managing A Database across Locations

While conventionally organizations have been keeping their data onsite, the many advantages of cloud storage such as cost savings, agility, and flexibility are making an increasing number of companies look at the cloud as a viable alternative for deploying applications that require superior database performance. A TechNavio study predicts that cloud-based databases will continue to grow at a scorching 62% for at least another couple of years. The transition from on-site to the cloud poses many challenges for the Oracle remote DBA because regardless of where the data actually resides, they remain responsible for not only the change management but also ultimately responsible for the database performance and security.

When deciding which databases to shift to the cloud, database administrators should consider issues like the process of data transfer and the latency as also how to keep multiple dataindex in sync, especially in an environment that requires applications to integrate with others that may not be deployed on the cloud. Database administrators should know that by merely shifting the database to the cloud there is not going to be any performance enhancement. If the database had performed poorly onsite, it would not improve on the cloud. Dataindex administrators need to plan out maintenance schedules and think through the process of backup and data recovery to prevent accidental data loss. Security of data should be paramount and plan of action in case of security breaches or data loss should be clearly documented.

Conclusion

New technologies and the rapidly evolving environment will require Oracle DBAs to remain extremely alert as well as receptive to new concepts of dataindex administration, especially when they will also be held responsible for application performance. Even though the challenges are severe, there is no reason that with the implementation of best practices Oracle DBAs will not be able to rise to the occasion.

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