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Services : Database Design, Technologies, Support, ETL, Monitoring, Performance Tuning, Warehousing
Performance tuning is often the cheapest way of improving the responsiveness of your database. Tuning can often provide acceptable responsiveness without the need to purchase additional hardware. In cases where additional steps, such as hardware purchases or architecture re-design, are necessary, the tuning process will recommend the appropriate next steps, so that money is not wasted on solutions which may be ineffective. Some of our tuning techniques are below.
A R C H I T E C T U R A L A U D I TPoorly architected databases always perform poorly, and will not see typical improvements from normal tuning. For this reason, the first part of our review is to audit your database architecture to assess its quality. If it is found lacking, we can offer our expert services for its redesign. This is the first step so that any redesign does not undo our performance tuning.
I N D E X T U N I N GIndex tuning is a very fast process which results in significant improvements. Our analysts start by observing your data needs over several days to get an accurate representation of how you use your data. Once this analysis is complete, indexing tools are used to provide simple, but cheap improvements. Where our analysts really shine is when they apply their experience and expertise to manually create indexes for true optimization of your databases.
S Q L A U D I TIf further improvements are necessary, an audit of your SQL code often reveals a few key procedures which take up more than their share of resources. Our analysts find these procedures which silently waste your resources and optimize their performance. Our analysts will provide a list of the worst offenders concerning SQL use. This is done to provide you a chance to improve your performance in the most cost effective manner possible. If you desire, they can optimize the entirety of your SQL code for truly optimal overall performance.
H A R D W A R E A N A L Y S I SPurchasing improved computer hardware is often the most expensive way to improve your database performance, but sometimes there is just no other way. In these cases, our analysts will help analyze your system to ensure a targeted approach to hardware improvements to keep your cost down. After having done a thorough analysis of your hardware requirements, our analysts provide their recommendations on improvements for your current needs and your needs in the future. The typical resources involved are CPU, memory, and hard drive storage. By removing bottlenecks in order of severity, you can be assured of getting the performance you need without wasting money playing a guessing game.
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