Cloud & Managed Infrastructure
Architecture, migration and day-to-day operations.
ExploreDatabase Performance & Management
Fast queries. Tested restores. No surprises.
We tune slow databases, make them highly available, and manage them day to day — on your own servers or on cloud services such as Amazon RDS, Azure SQL and Google Cloud SQL.
What’s included
Databases that stay fast, available and recoverable.
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Performance tuning
Query analysis, indexing and configuration changes, measured against your real workload.
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High availability and replication
Replicas and automatic failover, so one failed server does not take your application down.
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Backups and point-in-time recovery
Automated backups with retention policies — and restores rehearsed on a schedule.
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Migrations and upgrades
Version upgrades and moves to or between cloud database services, planned for minimal downtime.
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Monitoring and capacity planning
Visibility into slow queries, connections and growth, so problems are fixed before users notice.
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Access and data security
Least-privilege roles, encryption in transit and at rest, and audit logging.
How we deliver
A clear path from first look to running well.
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Health check
We measure performance, reliability and risk across your databases and rank what to fix first.
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Stabilise
Critical risks first: backups verified, replication in place, the worst queries fixed.
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Optimise
Deeper tuning, schema and index improvements, and right-sized instances.
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Manage
Ongoing monitoring, maintenance windows, upgrades and regular health reports.
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
Everything we build is documented and handed over in your own accounts and repositories.
- Database health report with prioritised findings
- Documented configuration and index changes
- High-availability and failover design
- Backup policy with restore test records
- Monitoring dashboards and alerts
- Upgrade and migration runbooks
Platforms and tools
Works with your stack.
The tools we use most for this service. If yours isn’t listed, ask — the principles carry over.
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Amazon RDS and Aurora
- Azure SQL
- Google Cloud SQL
Which databases do you work with?
PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB and Redis — both self-managed and on managed cloud services.
Can you help without access to our production data?
Often, yes. Much of the analysis uses performance statistics and query plans rather than the data itself. Any access we need is agreed and scoped with you first.
Should we move to a managed cloud database?
Sometimes. It removes a lot of operational work, but changes cost and control. We recommend based on your workload, not a default answer.
What does a health check involve?
We review configuration, slow queries, replication, backups and resource usage, then deliver a written report that ranks each issue by risk and impact.
Related services
Often combined with.
Get a clear picture of your database health.
Start with a free infrastructure assessment. We’ll reply within one business day with honest next steps.