Managed Services · Database
Your database fast, redundant and always on
Installation, high availability, maintenance plans, performance tuning and backup verification for SQL Server Always On, Oracle and PostgreSQL; enterprise database operations without hiring a DBA team.
Platforms
MSSQL · Oracle · PostgreSQL
High availability
Always On
Backup verification
Weekly
When the application is slow, the database is usually the culprit
Missing indexes, bloated logs, unverified backups and dependence on a single server: the Sentinel DBA team takes over your databases, makes them redundant with Always On, standardizes maintenance plans and improves performance measurably.
High availability
Continuity through planned and unplanned outages with Always On Availability Groups, failover clusters or replication.
Performance
Query analysis, index and statistics maintenance, memory and disk configuration; before/after measurement.
Verified backups
Full, differential and log backups; weekly restore test and RPO tracking.
What is included
Standard components of database management
Installation and configuration
Best-practice installation, security hardening
High availability
Always On AG, FCI, log shipping or replication
Maintenance plans
Index, statistics, integrity checks, log management
Performance monitoring
Wait statistics, slow query and lock analysis
Backup
Backup plan, encryption and weekly restore test
Patches and versions
CU/PSU calendar, testing and rollout
Security
Access control, TDE, audit logs
Monthly report
Availability, growth, performance and recommendations
Scope
Highly available database model
Always On architecture
Application
ERP, web, reporting
Listener
Automatic failover
Primary replica
Read/write
Synchronous
Zero data loss
Secondary replica
Synchronous copy, read load
The secondary replica can be in a different site; an asynchronous third copy can be added at the Ankara DR site.
SQL Server · Oracle · PostgreSQL
Packages
Three packages by instance count and criticality
Single instance
Basic
Maintenance plan and monthly check
Per instance
Monthly
- Maintenance plan setup
- Monthly health check
- Backup plan and monthly test
- Business-hours support
- Most popular
Critical systems
Enterprise
Always On and 24/7 monitoring
Per instance
Monthly
- High availability setup and operations
- 24/7 performance and availability monitoring
- Weekly restore test
- Quarterly performance report
Multiple instances
Dedicated DBA
A dedicated database administrator
Per environment
12-month commitment
- Dedicated DBA
- Query optimization consulting
- Capacity and license planning
- Version upgrade projects included
Frequently asked questions
The most common questions about database management
SQL Server Standard supports a basic AG with a single database; multiple databases and readable secondaries need Enterprise. The license impact is shown in the assessment report.
Maintenance and HA work follows the vendor’s support policy and is planned with the vendor when needed. No schema changes are made.
A baseline is taken at handover; query times, wait statistics and CPU/IO usage are reported before and after.
On local disk and in the Sentinel BaaS repository; for critical systems log backups run every 15 minutes and are copied to a different site.
Yes. High availability with Oracle Data Guard/RAC and PostgreSQL streaming replication is set up and operated.
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Together with database management
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