Cloud, Security & Operations
Database Administration
Remote database administration for SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB, covering backups, performance, high availability, security, upgrades and capacity, delivered by experienced DBAs.
Capability overview
What database administration involves
Databases hold the records organisations cannot afford to lose, yet many are looked after by developers or system administrators without deep database expertise. Warning signs include slow queries at month end, backups nobody has restored, transaction logs filling disks and database versions years out of support.
Our DBAs manage Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB, on premises and on managed cloud services such as Amazon RDS and Azure SQL. Work covers proactive health checks, backup verification, index and query tuning, high availability configuration, security hardening and planned upgrades.
Service can be ongoing managed DBA support or targeted engagements, such as a performance crisis or version upgrade. Findings are shared with developers as specific, reproducible examples, such as the exact query and missing index, so fixes can be made quickly without long back-and-forth.
What is included
DBA responsibilities
Backup and recovery
Backup schedules, retention, point-in-time recovery and regular restore tests against recovery objectives.
Performance tuning
Wait statistics, execution plans, indexes, statistics and configuration analysed to fix slow workloads.
High availability
Always On availability groups, Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL replication or MongoDB replica sets configured and tested.
Security
Least-privilege access, encryption, auditing, patching and removal of default or shared accounts.
Upgrades and migrations
Version upgrades, platform migrations and consolidation planned with rollback and application testing.
How we work
How we deliver database administration
Health check
Configuration, backups, performance, security and support status assessed for each database.
Risk fixes
Critical issues such as missing backups or log growth resolved immediately.
Monitoring
Database-specific alerts for blocking, failed jobs, replication lag and space configured.
Proactive maintenance
Index maintenance, statistics updates, integrity checks and patching scheduled.
Monthly review
Growth trends, performance findings and recommendations shared with application owners.
Related capabilities
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Application Monitoring
Application performance monitoring that follows real user transactions through web front ends, APIs, services and databases, with synthetic checks and real user monitoring to catch slowdowns and errors early.
Backup Management
Operation of backup platforms for servers, databases, virtual machines, Microsoft 365 and SaaS data, with immutable copies, offsite retention, restore testing and reporting that proves data can be recovered.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery and business continuity for on-premises, hybrid and hosted systems, including business impact analysis, DR site or DRaaS design, ransomware recovery planning and regular recovery drills.
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Questions & answers
Questions about Database Administration
Cannot find what you need? Our team responds to technical and commercial questions within one business day.
Ask a questionYes, though tasks change. Providers handle hardware and some patching, while query tuning, schema design, access control, cost optimisation and recovery planning remain customer responsibilities.
Often. Consolidation, edition review, virtualisation licensing analysis and migration of suitable databases to PostgreSQL can reduce costs.
Frequently, when the cause is database related. Where queries are generated inefficiently by application code, DBAs provide specific findings for developers.
Per database instance per month based on size, criticality and coverage hours, or as fixed-price projects for tuning and upgrades.
Next step
Discuss database administration with Acmez
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