Database Services
There is a database at the heart of your information system!
Most business information systems, whether developed in-house or purchased "off the shelf", are designed to utilize a commercially available relational database management system (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 or MySQL). In order to properly maintain optimal performance and ensure system availability, someone who understands the technology must be assigned the ongoing task of supporting this crucial database component. Critical performance tuning and system optimization parameters need to be continually monitored and adjusted for the best possible operation. System resources must also be examined to ensure they are effectively allocated. This proactive approach ensures the information system will be available to users when needed and operating at peak performance. Business has come to depend on information technology for core operations. The cost of not being able to access a critical system in a timely fashion can be staggering.
The problem with modern database technology ownership.
Most owners of business information systems are proficient with the configuration and use of their applications. However, they are typically less experienced with the details of troubleshooting, tuning, optimizing and the on-going maintenance of modern relational database technology. Business applications operate in dynamic environments. Critical performance tuning and system optimization parameters need to be monitored over time to make sure they are always adjusted for the best possible operation. System resources must also be continually monitored to ensure they are allocated optimally. The critical key operational indicators should be collected and analyzed over time so that system usage trends can be studied. Future management and maintenance planning activities can be performed as a result of the trend analysis that is made possible by collecting this information.
Solving the problem of database management
Maintaining a resident database administrator to care for these information systems can be costly and problematic. Business and economic pressures on modern information technology (IT) departments normally do not allow for this type of specialization to develop within the organization. In many cases, performance tuning and system resource allocation analysis activities are neglected and give way to other critical activities of a higher immediate business priority. IT staff members who are responsible for the management and administration of the database platform under these circumstances do not get the opportunity to become expert in the narrow field of platform optimization and proactive database management and administration. We have seen a growing need for a Remote DBA service that helps organizations manage the Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server database components of their critical applications. Scorpio Technology is able to address that need.