Knowledge of Hardware for a DBA

Hello friends,
I have started my career as a DBA few months back and I am still learning. Please help me understand whether as a DBA, a person is also supposed to know about the underlying server hardware details.
If yes, what level of knowledge is he required to understand.
-Jek

890397 wrote:
I have started my career as a DBA few months back and I am still learning. Please help me understand whether as a DBA, a person is also supposed to know about the underlying server hardware details.
If yes, what level of knowledge is he required to understand.That depends on the environment. I have at times signed the delivery form for new h/w, removed the h/w from the boxes, build it (added memory and PCI cards) and then hook it up to the network for installing the o/s - and only then added the database s/w.
The more you know about the environment you're in, the better. It makes you more experienced. More capable. More flexible.
A DBA that insist that h/w, networking and the operating system are not part of the job description, is petty, small minded and short sighted.
So how much should you know about the underlying server h/w? Everything that is available. From how to update firmware on that server to how check IPMI sensors and use the console port for lights out management.
The day that you (as DBA or developer) stop learning, is the day that you start becoming useless.

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