from dba to devops to dataops- the revolution

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Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman | Technical Intelligence Manager | September, 2017

Revolution of the DBA From DevOps to DataOps

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Kellyn Pot’Vin-GormanTechnical Intelligence Manager, Delphix•  Multi-platform DBA, (Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL,

Sybase, Postgres…..)•  Oracle ACE Director, (Alumni)•  Oak Table Network•  APEX Women in Technology Award, CTA 2014•  STEM education with Raspberry Pi and Python•  President, Rocky Mtn Oracle User Group•  Liaison, Denver SQL Server User Group•  Author, blogger, (http://dbakevlar.com)

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DevOps is Here- the Why

•  20%+ increase to the development cycle with DevOps •  Almost 25% increase in collaboration between

departments •  Almost 50% increase in revenue •  53% businesses will require more personnel to

satisfy DevOps needs.

http://www.devx.com/enterprise/devops-drives-revenue-for-it-shops-ca-study.html


Databases Administrator- In or Out?

• Databases are consistently viewed as slowing the development cycle down.

• But change adds risk and often deters from agile and DevOps practices.

• The DBA has essential skills to add to these teams, but is avoided in fear of delays and failures.


Data Causes Friction

•  If those managing the data sources aren’t included and working well with those needing that data to produce features and products, friction is the result.

•  DBAs are consistently working with archaic utilities that guarantee outcome, rarely speed of results.

A DBA is only as good as their last backup.


What is Data Gravity?

Data Gravity is the ability for data to attract applications, services, etc. As with the laws of

physical gravity, data, due to its mass, will attract all else that has less mass.


“All else is seldom equal.”


When you consider…

An estimate of a 10% increase in data accessibility will result in more than $65

million in additional net income, you can see why data gravity is a big deal.


How much data are we talking about?

• More data has been created in just the last two years than the previous history of humanity • 1.7MB of new information created every

second per human on the planet. •  Introduction of big data often has same

development pain points.


Data Increases…

• DBAs are busier • Development cycle shortens • Demands increase • DBA is less available • Previous way of performing refreshes,

provisioning and supporting are no longer sustainable.


Older Cloning Methods


Who Has Time for THAT?

• Copies requires adequate storage. • Requires more resources- demands on people

and technology • Agile moves fast and data, (traditionally) moves

slow. • More inline with archaic data movement tools.


Virtualize

Compress and Dedup


Create as Many Copies as Needed

• No more waiting for a physical clone • Uses the same native backup files that DBAs

depend on, but in a new way • Free up the DBA to work on others tasks • Development, testing, QA, Reporting, Offload

of Batch and ETL processing • Test backups and simplify patching and

upgrading.


Virtualized Database, (VDB)


Now to Escape the Data Gravity

• Provision in minutes, not days or weeks • Refreshes almost instantaneously • Self-service portal for developers and testers to

refresh and develop they way they do in an agile environment. • Tools with an interface made for Agile and

Development data at its focus.


Group Environments into Data Pods


Why Create Data Pods

•  Development is done by project or feature vs. tier or product. •  With the introduction to the cloud, the

business requires those that can do more at a global scale. •  Ease of management and maintenance •  Provide more value to the business


The Facts

•  Know that DevOps is part of the DBAs role of the future.

•  Data is central to evolving DevOps due to data gravity

•  Data creates friction between valued groups of IT


The Solution

• The DBA evolves from database centric to DevOps focused and further to DataOps. • Enable the business by removing data

gravity and the friction it causes • Virtualize environments • Create data pods to simplify and empower

environment management.


References

Blog Posts- •  The DBA and DevOps: The Last Frontier •  The DBA and DevOps: Automation and Configuration Management •  The DBA and DevOps - Orchestration and Monitoring •  DBA and DevOps: The Ghost in the Machine

Webinar Recordings •  The DBA and DevOps- the Last Frontier