Re:Tuning Your DBMS Automatically with Machine Learning
by gaius on Sunday June 04, 2017 @05:54AM
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I am generally a fan of cloud, but it's important to understand what it replaces:
- Purchasing the kit and waiting for delivery. Probably a few weeks BUT that's a few weeks of no extra work on your part, just waiting. You still need to fill in the PO, get it signed off by your CTO, whatever
- Racking and powering. Except on the biggest jobs, 1-2 days for a DC team of physical labour.
- Installing an OS and software. These days, a few hours, PXE boot then let CFEngine or whatever do it
For everything else, you still need someone to either do it or take responsibility for it being done and verified and documented and reviewed to see if it's still the right solution and so on and so on. As I always say "if you don't have a DBA then YOU are the DBA".
Incidentally "you don't need a DBA anymore" was also the pitch of MongoDB et al... Careful devs, one day it will be your turn :-)
- Purchasing the kit and waiting for delivery. Probably a few weeks BUT that's a few weeks of no extra work on your part, just waiting. You still need to fill in the PO, get it signed off by your CTO, whatever
- Racking and powering. Except on the biggest jobs, 1-2 days for a DC team of physical labour.
- Installing an OS and software. These days, a few hours, PXE boot then let CFEngine or whatever do it
For everything else, you still need someone to either do it or take responsibility for it being done and verified and documented and reviewed to see if it's still the right solution and so on and so on. As I always say "if you don't have a DBA then YOU are the DBA".
Incidentally "you don't need a DBA anymore" was also the pitch of MongoDB et al... Careful devs, one day it will be your turn :-)