Database maintenance and Database Administration?

I need some help...
Can someone please, in point blank form tell me the difference between
Database maintenance and Database Administration? This might seem
obvious, however apparently I am not certain.
thxDatabase Administration is the task you undertake when agreeing to administe
r a database for your
company (typically). It can involve tasks such as:
Planning, implementing and managing permissions
Writing stored procedures
Performance tuning
Import/export of data
...
Among the things a dba typically is responsible for is database maintenance
(things you typically
does at a regular schedule):
Backup
Defragmentation
Integrity check of the database
...
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
<angela.solorzano@.ca.wunderman.com> wrote in message
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>I need some help...
>
> Can someone please, in point blank form tell me the difference between
> Database maintenance and Database Administration? This might seem
> obvious, however apparently I am not certain.
>
> thx
>|||I guess that the terms are often used interchangeably, though intuitively,
I'd say that maintenance is a private case of administration.
That is, "administrating" involves both setting up the environment, creating
objects, etc., and also taking care of already existing environment/objects,
while "maintaining" refers to only the latter.
Nothing formal, just something that seems intuitive.
BG, SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
<angela.solorzano@.ca.wunderman.com> wrote in message
news:1123182460.104320.150300@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I need some help...
>
> Can someone please, in point blank form tell me the difference between
> Database maintenance and Database Administration? This might seem
> obvious, however apparently I am not certain.
>
> thx
>