Overview of DBA Admin

David W. Grigsby has been a DBA professionally for 16 years. A sampling of my experience in Resume format is available under the Background tab. Due to Non-Disclosures, many projects and clients are not listed.

It is very common for SMB's to not have a dedicated DBA to perform database administration tasks. This is where my skills and experience can provide a needed service without incurring the cost of a full time DBA on staff.

Generally speaking, many tasks can be done remotely and at off-peak hours, making the service very appealing. Many clients enjoy the knowledge that remote off-site backups are taking place. This provides the client with proven restoration as well as providing for a cold or hot site. Clients also enjoy the knowledge that the database is being checked for database integrity without impact to the production system.

Each client system is different, but many of the same tasks are needed and can be performed remotely or onsite:

• Backup and restore

• User Management

• Server Management and Tuning

• Updating indexes, statistics, system metrics

• Log Maintenance

• Trigger, Stored Procedure and Schema Changes

• Database ER and Schema documentation