Database Management
Databases that perform predictably, restore successfully when tested, and have a named owner with documented procedures.
Design, migration, tuning, backup and recovery for the databases your operations depend on — including the ones nobody currently owns.
What this service is usually brought in to fix
Backups exist but have never been restored
A backup that has not been tested is a hypothesis. Organisations routinely discover this during the incident, not before.
Queries slow down as data grows
Missing indexes, unbounded queries and schema decisions taken years ago surface as timeouts once volume passes a threshold.
Nobody owns the database
The application vendor assumes IT manages it, IT assumes the vendor does, and patching, monitoring and capacity planning fall between them.
What the service covers
- Schema design, normalisation and data modelling
- Migration between platforms and versions
- Query and index optimisation, capacity planning
- Replication, clustering and high-availability configuration
- Backup strategy with tested, timed restoration
- Access control, encryption and audit logging
What you receive
- Documented schema and data dictionary
- Migration plan, execution record and reconciliation report
- Performance baseline and tuning report
- Backup and recovery procedure with a tested restore log
- Monitoring and alerting configuration
How the work runs
Each stage produces something reviewable, so scope, risk and progress stay visible to your team throughout.
Assess
Review schema, volumes, growth, query patterns, backup coverage and current recovery capability.
Plan
Set recovery point and recovery time objectives, and design the backup, replication and tuning approach against them.
Implement
Apply schema changes, indexes, replication and backup automation, with rollback prepared at every step.
Verify
Restore into a clean environment and time it. If the restore does not meet the objective, the design is not finished.
Where we apply it
- Financial services
- Healthcare records and clinical systems
- Government registries and case systems
- Enterprise transactional systems
The controls that apply
- Connections encrypted in transit; sensitive columns encrypted at rest where applicable.
- Least-privilege database accounts, with application and administrative access separated.
- Backups encrypted, retention defined, and restoration tested on a documented schedule.
Frequently asked
If your question is not here, ask it directly — we would rather answer it before a proposal than after a contract.
Ask a questionYes. We assess compatibility, plan the migration with a rollback position, run a rehearsal against a copy of production, and reconcile record counts and balances before cutover.
What this is usually combined with
Discuss your Database Management requirement
Tell us the outcome you need and the constraints you are working within. We will respond with a scoped approach and the documentation your evaluation process requires.