We have hundreds of servers (600+) here, over 100 SQL Servers, who knows how many dbs. In Operations we manage about 55 servers (about because we only do backups on a few, not really manage) and do patches, upgrades, backups, and help troubleshoot. There's me and a junior DBA who does a lot of other support. It's not quite a fulltime job for me, I do work on projects and other things, but it tends to be feast or famine. Either the servers run well or I'm buried with issues.
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