Data Administration and Database Administration
Data Administration and Database Administration
Database Administration
Samreen Azhar
ADBMS
Data Administration
• The management of the data resource, which includes
database planning, development, and maintenance of
standards, policies and procedures, and conceptual
and logical database design.
Data Administration
Tasks
• Selecting appropriate productivity tools.
• Assisting in the development of the corporate IT/IS and enterprise
strategies.
• Undertaking feasibility studies and planning for database development.
• Developing a corporate data model.
• Determining the organization’s data requirements.
• Setting data collection standards and establishing data formats.
• Estimating volumes of data and likely growth.
• Determining patterns and frequencies of data usage.
• Determining data access requirements and safeguards for both legal and
enterprise requirements.
Data Administration
Tasks
• Undertaking conceptual and logical database design.
• Liaising with database administration staff and application developers to
ensure applications meet all stated requirements.
• Educating users on data standards and legal responsibilities. Keeping up to
date with IT/IS and enterprise developments.
• Ensuring documentation is up to date and complete, including standards,
policies, procedures, use of the data dictionary, and controls on end-users.
• Managing the data dictionary. Liaising with users to determine new
requirements and to resolve difficulties over data access or performance.
• Developing a security policy.
Database Administration
• The management of the physical realization of a database
system, which includes physical database design and
implementation, setting security and integrity controls,
monitoring system performance, and reorganizing the
database, as necessary.
Database Administration
Tasks
• Evaluating and selecting DBMS products.
• Undertaking physical database design.
• Implementing a physical database design using a target DBMS.
• Defining security and integrity constraints.
• Liaising with database application developers.
• Developing test strategies.
• Training users.
• Responsible for “signing off” on the implemented database system.
• Monitoring system performance and tuning the database as appropriate.
• Performing backups routinely. Ensuring that recovery mechanisms and
procedures are in place.
• Ensuring that documentation is complete, including in-house produced material.
• Keeping up to date with software and hardware developments and costs, and
installing updates as necessary
Comparison of Data and Database
Administration
DATA
ADMINISTRATION DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
• Involved in strategic IS planning • Evaluates new DBMSs
• Determines long-term goals • Executes plans to achieve goals
• Enforces standards, policies, and • Enforces standards, policies, and
procedures procedures
• Determines data requirements • Implements data requirements
• Develops conceptual and logical • Develops logical and physical
database design database design
• Develops and maintains corporate • Implements physical database design
data model
• Coordinates system development • Monitors and controls database
• Managerial orientation • Technical orientation
• DBMS-independent • DBMS-dependent
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