database recommendations....

I have been asked to look at a database and provide
ecommendations regarding architecture, performance, backup
and recovery, and support. The database owners need dba
support for their product. Can anyone please tell me what
type of questions to ask them? Thank you
Josea
First you should ask yourself "Am I the right person for this job?"
You did not put anything in your question to indicate that you have any
experience with SQL Server or that you have any idea where to start your
investigation. If you do not know what questions to ask or how to interpret
the answers to those questions you might not help the company and you could
cause them harm by giving them the "green light" on a database and/or
product that is not ready to ship.
Keith
"Josea Ating" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have been asked to look at a database and provide
> ecommendations regarding architecture, performance, backup
> and recovery, and support. The database owners need dba
> support for their product. Can anyone please tell me what
> type of questions to ask them? Thank you
> Josea
|||I'll second what Keith has said and just add that an online forum really
isn't the place to get advice on such a big set of questions.
Maybe you could suggest that they hire a database specialist on a short-term
contract to make some recommendations.
David Portas
SQL Server MVP