June 7, 2014 at 11:30 am
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Space Hoarders
June 9, 2014 at 2:13 am
I think that developers who also do SQL Server development need to shoulder their portion of responsibility for this. Inadequate knowledge, poor implementation (even when we know better) and considering space to be someone else's problem are a few of the reasons why developers do not make it easier for DBAs. On top of that, those directly accessing tables instead of views and stored procedures restrict the options available to DBAs to refine the database.
I am a developer.
Gaz
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June 10, 2014 at 1:25 am
I have to say Andy that I was expecting a bit more of a response. You make the effort in writing an editorial just for me to have a discussion with myself :hehe:
Gaz
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June 10, 2014 at 6:47 am
Gary, I'm with you on the surprise. I think was an interesting topic and fun too. Maybe too cute with the name, or maybe yesterday everyone was busy?
June 10, 2014 at 7:00 am
I agree. I thought it would lead to bizarre ramblings, outrageous comments and dogfights galore. Instead you got one comment from someone who isn't even a DBA. Go figure!!!
Gaz
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June 10, 2014 at 7:13 am
I had a conversation just last week with a client that said DBAs are hoarders. My response to him was along the very same lines as Andy laid out in this article. Now, I'm gonna send him this article to show him it's not just me saying that.
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June 10, 2014 at 7:14 am
Or maybe the DBAs looking at the editorial agree so completely that there's nothing more to say. I myself sometimes wonder if the SAN administrators get a bonus for not using the space they have. I just finished up a negotiation for space on a new SAN for my daily backups and believe me...it was a negotiation. I heard that SAN space is expensive, everyone else wants space too, etc., etc. Well, I got what I got and we all know I'll have to go back and ask for more in one or two quarters, but it is what it is. I honest believe that corporate database backups just might be slightly more important that a zillion duplicate spreadsheets stored in 3 different network locations.
While I completely agree that we do need to be judicious with how we use the space we've been give, SAN administrators also need to understand the point you made about us not dictating the space requirements. The databases sizes (which we try to keep under control), the backup policies, retention policies and corporate workload (translates into number of databases) dictate the store requirements. We don't control the space, but when we need it, we need it. In the end, we're all supposed to be on the same team and work together so things run smoothly.
Good editorial, Andy. I'm going to use it the next time I have to negotiate space, which probably isn't that far off.
June 10, 2014 at 10:04 am
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June 10, 2014 at 10:04 am
Ed Wagner (6/10/2014)
Or maybe the DBAs looking at the editorial agree so completely that there's nothing more to say.
Yep!
I myself sometimes wonder if the SAN administrators get a bonus for not using the space they have.
Agreed.
July 16, 2014 at 10:12 am
In my travels as a contractor/freelance DBA I have lost count of the times I have tried to explain to a SAN/Storage admin that databases GROW, some faster than others and it is always good practice to let a database grow without having space/storage constraints put upon it.
SAN admins (thankfully not all I have worked with) like to think that is "a waste of space". :crazy:
qh
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