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Pavlo's research on "autonomous databases" is focused less on issues of data quality, and more around configuration and tuning of database systems [1]. For most

Pavlo's research on "autonomous databases" is focused less on issues of data quality, and more around configuration and tuning of database systems [1]. For most databases, there are a staggering number of knobs to tune and configure for a particular workload. DBAs typically work on this type of tuning, whereas data quality issues are often problems at the application layer or above. [1] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2018/04/what-is-a-self-driving-database-management-system.html https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2018/04/what-is-a-self-dr...

jeltz 7y ago
In my personal experience most of the tuning of a database happens in tandem with tuning the application. E.g. you find a set of problematic queries and then go back to the application to see if they should be fixed or if the database is incorrectly tuned. Quite often it is a mix of both, and just automating most of the tuning only just changes the role of the DBA, not does away with it.