As happens every few years, we are being asked for measures of the DBA team. Comparisons against other organizations also are considered. Generally, these are apples to oranges comparisons but the high priced consultants have to justify their worth. If anyone is willing to share information about their organization and DBA responsibilities I would appreciate the input. If you don't want it posted for the world to see you can email me at pnbarne@xxxxxxxxxxxx Some of the questions being asked are: organization size type of business number of applications number of databases supported number of production applications number of development applications number of developers supported number of DBAs number of new development projects requiring DBA support what is considered the 'core' work of a DBA Any input would be greatly appreciated. If people are interested, I will send out a summarized version of the responses. Pete Barnett Lead Database Administrator The Regence Group pnbarne@xxxxxxxxxxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l