Database consulting
Database consulting from engineers who also run databases 24/7
Last reviewed by Tyler Eastridge
AceMQ's database consulting services cover architecture review, performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery design, upgrade and migration planning, and remote DBA work. We cover PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis and Valkey, and ClickHouse.
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Services
What our database consultants do
Six kinds of work, any of which can run on its own or as part of a longer engagement.
Architecture review
Schema, topology, replication and growth reviewed against how the system is actually used.
You get: a ranked list of changes
Performance tuning
Slow queries, indexes, memory and I/O settings, connection pooling and maintenance jobs.
You get: before and after measurements
HA and DR design
Replication, failover, backups and restore drills designed around the RPO and RTO you need.
You get: a tested failover runbook
Upgrades
Major-version upgrades planned and rehearsed, with extension and driver checks and a rollback path.
You get: a supported version, no surprises
Migrations
Engine and platform moves, such as Oracle or SQL Server to PostgreSQL, rehearsed before cut-over.
Remote DBA
DBAs on retainer for routine care: patching, capacity, user and schema changes, reviews.
You get: a regular health report
Engagements
Pick the shape that fits the work
Every engagement is quoted before it starts. Most teams begin with an assessment and keep the same engineers for the work it recommends.
Fixed-scope review
A defined review of one system or a whole estate, ending in a written report and a read-out with your team.
- Best for
- A second opinion before a big change, or a database that keeps paging you
- Priced
- Fixed quote before we start
Delivered project
An upgrade, HA build or migration delivered end to end, with your engineers working alongside ours.
- Best for
- Work with a clear finish line
- Priced
- Quoted per project, by scope
Remote DBA
A set amount of senior DBA time each month from the same engineers.
- Best for
- Teams without a full-time DBA for every engine they run
- Priced
- Monthly, by hours and engines
Need someone on call as well? AceMQ 24/7 support runs $24,000–72,000 a year by SLA, scope and deployment, with discounts across several technologies. Database support
Technologies
Databases we consult on
Open-source and commercial engines, self-managed or on a cloud provider's managed service.
Relational
Analytical
Questions
Database consulting questions
Can you work alongside our own DBAs?
Yes. Most engagements pair our engineers with yours, and every report and runbook is yours to keep.
How is database consulting different from database support?
Consulting is project work with a defined scope and an end: a review, a tuning engagement, an upgrade or a migration. Database support is 24/7 cover under an SLA for incidents on systems your team runs. Many teams buy both.
What does a database consulting engagement deliver?
An assessment ends in written findings and a ranked remediation plan. Project work delivers the change itself, whether database architecture, database performance, high availability or a database migration, plus the runbooks, configuration and knowledge transfer your team needs to run it.
How is database consulting priced?
By quote: fixed for assessments, per project for delivery work, monthly for remote DBA. Quotes are answered within 1 hour.
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Tell us which database is worrying you
Send the engine, the version and what is going wrong. A database engineer replies with a scope and a quote.
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