Executive Summary of Database Management

Challenge
In the world of databases, “getting it right” is a phrase filled with ambiguity, for who can say what “right” truly is? Frankly, it’s a lot easier to spot “bad” or “not right” database schemas than it is to confirm that a database schema is “right”. While schema design is the foundation of a well-performing database, you are missing opportunities if schema
design doesn’t also take database performance, administration and backup/recovery into consideration.

Opportunity
If you haven’t done your homework or researched the corporate mission and business requirements — if you don’t understand the real-world database management processes that tie database design to performance tuning, administration and backup/recovery, then your database project is headed down the path to failure. Integrating the best schema design that you know how to do, along with best practices in, for example, performance management and properly tuned and deployed SQL code will go a very long way toward ensuring your database environment is functioning at optimal levels. It also ensures that your data architects, DBAs, database performance team and data center managers and even business intelligence and applications teams are aligned and working
together efficiently.

Benefits
Database modeling and design is at the core of a healthy database management and performance foundation. Getting it right the first time will enhance the bottom line in a variety of ways. It will:
• Eliminate haphazard approaches to maintaining data.
• Minimize maintenance and upkeep of the database schema.
• Optimize data retrieval for graphs and reports.
• Ensure data accuracy and reliability.
• Support corporate goals and evolving business initiatives, allowing the company to respond more quickly and precisely to new business opportunities and competitive threats.