Database Administration

Our Database Administration services include responsibility for the environmental aspects of the database which includes:

• Recoverability - Creating and testing Backups
  
• Integrity - Verifying or helping to verify Data Integrity
  
• Security - Defining and/or implementing Access Control to the data
  
• Availability - Ensuring maximum Uptime
  
• Performance - Ensuring maximum performance
  
• Development and testing support - Helping programmers and engineers to efficiently utilize the database.

Our DBA services can also provide the following:

• Installation of new software
• Configuration of hardware and software with the system administrator — In many cases the system software can only be accessed by the system administrator. In this case, the DBA must work closely with the system administrator to perform software installations, and to configure hardware and software so that it functions optimally with the DBMS.
• Security administration — We can monitor and administer DBMS security. This involves adding and removing users, administering quotas, auditing, and checking for security problems
• Data analysis — We can analyze the data stored in the database and to make recommendations relating to performance and efficiency of that data storage.
• Data modeling and optimization — By modeling the data, it is possible to optimize the system layouts to take the most advantage of the I/O subsystem.
• Responsible for the administration of existing enterprise databases and the analysis, design, and creation of new databases.