Database Hosting & Management

Choosing a relational database management system that meets your requirements now and in the future is a major decision. Each database management system has its strengths and weaknesses and which is right for you depends upon the requirements of your database (such as number of records, transaction intensity, performance level, back up and security) which operating system you use, your budget, who will administer the database, and who will host the database server. Peak 10 - Richmond provides complete dedicated hosting services for Oracle®, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL database management systems, among others.

Peak 10 - Richmond provides complete dedicated hosting services for Oracle®, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL database management systems, among others.

Setup and Tuning

• Evaluate existing hardware and/or recommend new hardware.
• Configure standard operating system software
• Load existing configured database
• Ensure software has latest performance and security patches
• Configure initial network connectivity
• Setup log files
• Setup administration accounts
• Establish remote management capabilities
• Setup monitoring package
• Establish alert levels
• Perform component and system level testing
• Tune server and database

Administration

• Security and bug patch tracking, notification and, when approved, installation
• Periodic software upgrades
• Modification of the database configuration
• Routine management and maintenance of the server and operating system
• Monitoring of disk and processor usage levels
• Monitoring load averages Monitoring DNS, IPs or URLs for availability
• Monitoring memory usage
• Monitoring the response time of the database
• Monitoring the availability of the database
• Monitoring of any SNMP available metrics
• Any break/fix work that may be required
• 24/7 support
• Periodic activity reports

Relational Databases

Learn more about how Peak 10 - Richmond engineering experts can help you optimize and host your database by selecting one of the database options below.

	Oracle - Recognized as the premier relational database management system, Oracle provides advanced management and performance tools, superior reliability, and can handle large databases and transaction volumes on multiple platforms.
	Microsoft SQL Server - Microsoft's SQL Server is the database management system that is used most often with Windows-based operating systems. It provides a tightly integrated GUI and excellent XML support as well as built in monitoring and tuning tools.
	PostgreSQL - Utilizing an open source DBMS that can handle large volumes of transaction intensive records, PostgreSQL is the most complete open source relational database management system and remains the choice of many database administrators.
	MySQL - Speed and low cost make MySQL one of the fastest growing database management systems. Primarily used with Linux operating systems, MySQL is also available for Windows, UNIX, BSD, Apple and Novell operating systems.

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