We Have Your SQL Servers Covered

You Have Enough to Worry About

Even in the best of times, there are plenty of day-to-day concerns besides your SQL Servers. We can make sure you have one less. DBA as a Service option improves your server reliability and scalability. If you have a DBA team, we come alongside to help relieve stress and provide 24/7 capacity. If you don’t have a DBA team, we can fill that role with a right-sized solution.

As Bear Golightly, IT Operations Manager at our client Nashville Wraps recently told us, “I haven’t thought about my SQL servers in any meaningful way in months, so you’re doing God’s work.”

First-Class remote SQL Server Experts: There when you need us.

StraightPath didn’t initially sell themselves to us as an immediate response team, and they didn’t pretend to be our “own” brain-power but an augmentation to our team. But they really stepped up and became both during at least three different emergency situations over the last 12-18 months.

We reached out to Mike and two things shocked me. First, within minutes he was mobilizing the right team at his end to jump on a screen-sharing session to try and fix things. Then he brought in Tara (who is now our point person on a daily basis). Tara and Mike took control, analyzed and actually plotted a course of recovery that minimized our downtime (by a lot) and protected us from making stupid mistakes we were poised to make.

I can’t tell you how reassuring they were and we continue to use StraightPath more and more within our business and I highly recommend them, without reservation.

Mentoring

24/7 Coverage

Rapid Response Times

Expand Your Team

DBA as a Service Plans

Micro

$5,000 / qtr

Monitoring & Health Checks

On-Call Access

9 Hours per Quarter

$275/hr Overage

Silver

$8,300 / qtr

Monitoring & Health Checks

On-Call Access

25 Hours per Quarter

$250/hr Overage

Dedicated Technical Lead

Gold

$11,000 / qtr

Monitoring & Health Checks

On-Call Access

40 Hours per Quarter

$225/hr Overage

Dedicated Technical Lead

Roll Over Up to 10 Hours

1 free call per year

Face to Face On-boarding

For Silver-tier Clients and Higher

The Straight Path client journey includes a live, on-site visit from a senior-level account manager.

Our respective teams are on site during or after the onboarding process, saving everyone countless strings of emails and impromptu web meetings. We make this investment in our DBA services clients because nothing is more important to us than our relationship.

All DBA Service Plans Include:

Sentry One Single License. Access to additional licenses available at our discounted monthly pricing.
SQL Server Alerts and Daily Health Check through our SQL Beacon tool
Trending/Growth & Performance Review
Monthly review call, which doesn’t take away hours
Daily Health Check summary review on weekdays
Access to the team, next business day SLA (worst case)
Initial SQL Server Health Check for up to 3 instances (normally $1,497 per instance)
US-based Senior DBA as your technical lead and Account Executive (we don’t off-shore or bait-and-switch)
24/7/365 Access to our on-call team (charges may apply – includes 1 per year for Gold and 2 per year for Diamond)
SQL Server Patching and Maintenance planned and executed off-hours on your schedule, not ours

Our DBA service plans save you money over hourly engagements. For example, a Silver plan is roughly half the cost of a typical first engagement (which includes a health check) and includes more hours plus a quarter of monitoring.

First-Class DBAs When You Need Us

Great DBAs come with great price tags. Most companies don’t need Senior level DBAs 100% of the time, though. With DBA As a Service, you have the best DBAs at your fingertips, without the high annual salary.

Be Notified of Problems Before They Occur

We don’t like surprises and we trust you don’t either. We take a proactive stance to avoid surprises for both of us. We will alert for issues before they arise. We include our SQL Server safety check delivered annually. A value of $1,795/quarter. And unlike some SQL Server Remote DBA offerings, we don’t just tell you “you have a problem!” we help figure out why, and help solve the root cause.

Need 24/7 Coverage?

Our DBA As a Service plans have a next business day response guarantee, though we often are responding within minutes to your tickets or alerts.

Some clients need or want that additional “Keep the lights on” 24/7 check with around-the-clock support. We have plans that bundle our Senior SQL Server Remote DBA services with a 24/7, 15 minute response time from DBAs, not call center call takers.

Gain Flexibility

Our flexible plans mean you scale up support when you need us most. In the rare event of a database disaster on our watch, our team of experts is there to get you through it, and then we flex back down.

Your Technology Team Learns

A successful engagement with us is one that reduces hours overtime. Not just because of our proactive stance, but because we will mentor your team as we go. We’re in it for your success.

We’re a Member of Your Team

A great SQL Server DBA should be an integral part of your team. Just because we are remote SQL Server DBAs, we don’t think this should change. We become part of your technology team. We know your needs and plans. We help ensure you are on the path to success always. We’re in it together.

Get Help Now From SQL Server Experts You Can Trust

Three steps. One free call. Your questions answered.

1 – Schedule

Use the contact form below to contact us, and we’ll schedule a free call to discuss your situation.

2 – Analyze

We’ll send you a data analysis tool to run on your server to help us assess your situation.

3 – Discuss

We’ll get on a call, look for low-hanging fruit, address your pain points, and see if we can help.

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