Good Data with ACID

Introduction ACID is an acronym for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability. It’s trending now, but how much and in which ways ACID benefits databases and database management systems (DBMS) could use more clarity. DBAs can take advantage of the four qualities of good data ACID. Atomicity refers to the ensuring that the processing guidelines of … Continued

The DBAs pursuit of Data Quality

Introduction Organizations gather, store, and create data at an exponential rate. To add credence to that fact, most businesses can easily say their current year’s data is larger than the previous year’s. What’s more, they predict that the amount of data they’ll manage next year will be more than what they manage today. That’s not … Continued

Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Database Performance

Introduction If you’re a DBA, you know how easy to is to get wrapped up in the details of performance tuning and overlook the big picture. It’s important to maintain a set of goals and guidelines to keep you heading on the right track and focused on the things that matter. Over time, we’ve developed … Continued

Blockchain Primer for DBAs

Introduction Although, blockchains have been around for more than a decade, how it relates to databases is considered inspirationally fresh. That’s partly because advancements in the database field and technology are transitioning at a faster pace every year, therefore anything new gets noticed. If you deal with powerful forerunners in databases and DBMSs like MongoDB, … Continued

What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?

Introduction “Big Data” has become almost a buzzword in the computing world in recent years, so much so that that the term has become nearly synonymous with information technology and computer science. Still, even though the term big data has become inextricably linked to the IT world, not everyone has a concrete understanding of what … Continued

Tips and Tricks to Making Your SQL Queries Faster

Introduction However much we’d like to avoid it there are times when a DBA has to perform a query on the production database. When you do this you want to make sure that the queries are efficient and don’t hog the system resources which could cause problems for your users. In this article we’re gonna … Continued

What’s a DBA and What They Do

Introduction Database administrators (DBAs) manage database management systems (DBMSs) and use them to deploy and maintain databases. Today’s organizations use databases to store profiles of customers, product inventories, sales transactions, and much more. Even so, the area of database administration is often misunderstood. That could be the main reason why it’s not practiced the same … Continued

Understanding the Concepts of Database Scalability, Elasticity, and Availability

Introduction A sustainable database and database management system (DBMS) must have scalability elasticity availability concepts. Since databases are business investments, it makes sense for organizations to want to grasp essential database concepts so they can make informed purchasing decisions. Scalability is the ability of a database or DBMS to handle an increase or decrease of … Continued

Keeping Data Safe: A Guide to Database Security for DBAs

Introduction Database security and protection have become increasingly important as we continue to use more data in nearly every aspect of our lives. The best practices for database security are constantly evolving, and it can be tough to keep up with the latest features and recommendations. Let’s take a little refresher course and look at … Continued

The Right Ways to DBA

Introduction What can you do every day to better manage the infrastructure of your database? That’s a question that many database administrators (DBAs) must ask themselves. The act of putting into effect database administration best practices isn’t accidental. The more thought you give to the following questions, the more positive changes you’ll make on purpose. … Continued

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