The DBA role is complex. Pitfalls exist everywhere you turn, and it can be difficult to survive and thrive. On this episode of TechPod, we’ll help accidental DBAs become a DBA survivors with career…
The Disappearing DBA: Career Advice From a Data Janitor — SolarWinds TechPod 049
The Disappearing DBA: Nobody Goes to School to Become a Data Janitor — SolarWinds TechPod 045
Automation has been a disaster for the traditional database administration (DBA) role. As more systems and processes are automated away with code, the need for DBAs decreases. In time, the…
A DBA’s Habit for Success: CMMI (Part Four)
Welcome back! We’re nearing the end of our five-part series, and I hope you’ve gotten the information you need as a DBA to mature your business. In this part of…
What Happens When I Execute a Query?
To many developers and system administrators—and even to some database administrators—database engines are a black box. They’re complex pieces of software that, in some cases, even have their own operating…
Why Does My Database Need Indexes?
Have you ever deployed a new application that ran fine at first, then slowed to crawl as more and more data was added? Or tried to run a report that…
The SolarWinds Query Report 2021: Database Priorities and Pitfalls
The industry has arrived at a critical inflection point in database management. The rise of hybrid IT and accelerated adoption of cloud-native apps have evolved traditional database design, management, and…
A Developer’s Perspective on Distributed SaaS Database Monitoring
While application performance monitoring can provide us with metrics on software use and delays, SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM) was built to tell us stories as to why user behavior…
Staying Employed—Backup Strategies in the Age of Ransomware
It’s 2020—it’s not a matter of when your organization is going to be subject to an IT attack, it’s a matter of how you deal with it. Despite all the…
The Database Future Is in the Cloud
I’ve written before about the disappearing DBA, and how the database administration role itself is evolving. I believe the days of tuning indexes are ending, one page at a time.…
Databases 101: Types of Databases
With SolarWinds, IT pros are discovering a smarter way to manage apps, servers, databases, and hybrid clouds. The shift starts here. The internet is littered with information, and misinformation, regarding…