tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post116298759834607084..comments2023-10-03T10:31:50.038-04:00Comments on Magmasystems Blog: What does a Database Architect do?marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09487180059998380922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1163555185912127802006-11-14T20:46:00.000-05:002006-11-14T20:46:00.000-05:00I am not sure that I have met up with anybody up t...I am not sure that I have met up with anybody up to the standards the 3 previous posts propose.<BR/><BR/>Certainly, I know people who are more than up to the job in specific areas.<BR/><BR/>But the role described requires deep development understanding as well.<BR/><BR/>A kind of sweet mix between understanding the guts and the view open to the consumer.<BR/><BR/>A raw description of the concept Pieter Greylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109292983217564434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1163554319978914232006-11-14T20:31:00.000-05:002006-11-14T20:31:00.000-05:00I am not sure that I have met up with anybody up t...I am not sure that I have met up with anybody up to the standards the 3 previous posts propose.<BR/><BR/>Certainly, I know people who are more than up to the job in specific areas.<BR/><BR/>But the role described requires deep development understanding as well.Pieter Greylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109292983217564434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1163542456661166392006-11-14T17:14:00.000-05:002006-11-14T17:14:00.000-05:00Would be very interested in your comments on strea...Would be very interested in your comments on streambase and kdb+. The latter in particular with its apparent database style capabilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1163092197200625582006-11-09T12:09:00.000-05:002006-11-09T12:09:00.000-05:00The DB architect should also be familiar with some...The DB architect should also be familiar with some of the O/R mapping technologies (e.g. Hibernate, iBatis, LINQ) that will be used to access the DBs, including strengths and weaknesses. Many applications start from an OO model, which doesn't always map nicely to a relational DB.Robert Maldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16280163358319153586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951375.post-1163014833249194462006-11-08T14:40:00.000-05:002006-11-08T14:40:00.000-05:00Don't forget the ability to institute a change con...Don't forget the ability to institute a change control process and manage changes to the datamodel. Efficiency here can make of break the timeline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com