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MySQL Remote DBA

This service can help address the following customer issues:

  • Is your DBA team overworked?
  • Could you benefit from a "Remote DBA" to augment your DBA team?
  • Do you need a dedicated DBA who works with your DBA team on a weekly schedule?
  • Do you need a dedicated DBA who intimately understands your business, architecture, and database infrastructure?
  • Do you need a DBA with direct channel access into MySQL Enterprise Support?
  • Do you want access to MySQL database expertise?
  • Do you need a cost-effective DBA solution?

Sun's MySQL consultants use proven methodologies and expertise in database administration, security, performance tuning, replication, backup, and fault-tolerance in providing this service. Sun will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide this service.

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Sun's MySQL consultants will work closely with customers who purchase this service to:

  • Analyze their current database infrastructure
  • Analyze their database requirements
  • Identify potential issues and limitations
  • Diagnose issues in complex application architectures
  • Improve database infrastructure, architecture, and design
  • Install, configure and administer MySQL
  • Apply the latest MySQL patches and version upgrades
  • Schedule backup & recovery
  • Set-up and manage replication
  • Help secure their database environments
  • Benchmark, load test, and optimize critical SQL queries
  • Help proactively manage performance and capacity planning
  • Implement best practices and recommend tools for managing their database infrastructures

Scope of Work

  • Covers all DBA functions

Deliverables

  • Design, installation, configuration, and administration of customers' MySQL databases

Benefits

  • Improved reliability, security and performance
  • Help minimize project risk through better assessment of effort and project scope
  • Knowledge transfer and skills development for MySQL DBA
  • Learn administration best practices

Duration

3/6/12 Months, with 2 choices:

  • 2 Days/Week
  • 4 Days/Week

Remote DBA will not be at the customer site

Pricing

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Support Requirements

As a prerequisite for purchasing and delivery of MySQL Consulting Services, customers must have a valid contract for least one of the following MySQL support plans:

  • MySQL Enterprise Subscription
  • MySQL Cluster Support
  • MySQL OEM Support

Legal Terms

Each customer must accept the terms and conditions of the MySQL Services Agreement included with the customer's Order Form to receive any MySQL Consulting Services.

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This service is also subject to the Remote DBA Service Statement of Work