Database administrators (DBAs) are highly skilled individuals who are required by their organizations to have an eye for detail, an awareness of what is happening, and the need to retain control. It is no surprise that DBAs are reluctant to relinquish control of the very systems that help them keep their workloads healthy and allow them to meet their key performance indicators. Software as a service (SaaS) has, for some time, proven its worth by reducing cost of ownership and eliminating low-value maintenance activity. Seeding control in some areas can deliver large rewards elsewhere. This strategy can be a struggle at first, but DBAs very quickly realize huge benefits in leveraging their skills and experience to solve bigger problems
Some DBAs insist that having performance monitoring tools on-premises gives them more freedom to customize it in order to meet the specific needs of their systems. But all these activities take time, and most DBAs have little desire to complete them.