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offering would enable for you as a DBA and for the business you serve.
Let's start with a simple question: How long does it take from the time a database
request is initiated until the database is released to the requestor? The workflow might
resemble something like
Figure 2.5
.
Figure 2.5
SQL Server database-provisioning process example.
Now each organization will have its own modifications to this workflow; however, for
purposes of this discussion, let's take the workflow shown in
Figure 2.5
and add the
time to complete for each step. In
Figure 2.6
, I have added timeframes based on multiple
customers' feedback.