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What are the responsibilities of the database administrator (DBA)? Could you outline the tasks that he/she has to perform, and what could be the consequences if these matters are not handled?

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What are the responsibilities of the database administrator (DBA)?

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Some of the major responsibilities of Database Administrator or DBA include:

(1) Creation of new databases and maintenance of existing database in the organization for development, testing or other usage in the organization.

(2) DBA also conducts the capacity planning for creation and maintenance of databases in the organization.

(3) DBA ensures that database is free of errors and mistakes and is performing effectively on an ongoing basis, and regularly ...

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