Database Outage: Prevention, Response, and Recovery Guide
A database outage stops your business cold. Applications fail, transactions halt, employees sit idle, and customers can’t access your services. In healthcare, database outages delay patient care. In retail, they halt sales. In financial services, they freeze transactions worth millions. The average cost of database downtime exceeds $8,000 per minute and that’s just direct costs. […]
Data Encryption: Complete Guide to Protecting Your Database in 2026
Data encryption is no longer optional – it’s a fundamental requirement for any organization handling sensitive information. Whether you’re protecting customer financial records, healthcare data, or intellectual property, encryption serves as your last line of defense when other security controls fail. Yet implementing data encryption correctly is more complex than many organizations realize. Choose the […]
PostgreSQL End of Life: Your Complete Guide to Migration, Upgrading, and Database Management
If you’re running PostgreSQL in production, understanding the database’s end-of-life (EOL) policy isn’t just about staying current – it’s about maintaining the security, performance, and reliability of your data infrastructure. With PostgreSQL 13 having reached EOL on November 13, 2025, and other PostgreSQL versions approaching their support deadlines, now is the time to assess your […]
MySQL vs. PostgreSQL vs. Oracle: The Ultimate Database Performance Comparison and Hidden Database Tuning Costs
When picking a database management system for your business, performance is not just a technical issue, and doing a database performance comparison to review potential hidden database tuning costs is essential. Picking a database management system is a key decision that can greatly impact your digital transformation efforts. Choosing the wrong option can slow down […]
SQL Server Database Ownership: A Complete DBA SQL Server Guide for 2019 and Beyond
Managing database ownership is a critical task for any database administrator (DBA), especially in enterprise environments spanning multiple versions of SQL Server, including SQL Server 2019. This SQL Server guide is designed to help you not only understand but also effectively query, audit, and optimize database ownership, including how to get all databases and owners […]
How to Build a Proactive Database Health Strategy
Database performance and reliability are critical to business success. Even if you are not currently ready to engage in database management, having a proactive database health strategy is something that is key for company growth. Downtime, slow queries, or security breaches can cost companies significant time and money. But a proactive database health strategy can help you […]
Saving client $800,000 during migration to Amazon RDS: Part 2
B In our previous post, we shared an exciting success story about migrating a client’s SQL Server environment from Amazon EC2 to Amazon RDS. Migrating over 600 databases presented a significant challenge, and while AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) was initially considered, technical roadblocks led us to take a different approach. By leveraging a backup/restore […]
Demystifying Data Governance: Practical Information for Technical Teams
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of robust data governance to ensure data quality, security, and usability throughout its lifecycle. Despite its apparent simplicity, many organizations struggle to implement effective data governance strategies into their business processes. What is Data Governance? If you look up the term in Wikipedia, it states, “Data management principles that […]
Configure PostgreSQL Data Sources with Prometheus Setup on Windows Server
Database monitoring is a cornerstone of maintaining high-performing and reliable systems. For PostgreSQL databases, combining Prometheus with Postgres Exporter creates a powerful monitoring solution. This guide provides detailed instructions on setting up PostgreSQL as a data source in Prometheus on a Windows server, with configurations using auth_modules or Windows environment variables. The goal is to […]
Database Security: What Is It & How to Keep Your Database Secure
Databases are the backbone of virtually every organization, storing vast amounts of sensitive information ranging from customer data to proprietary business insights. As the volume and value of data continues to grow, so does the importance of safeguarding these critical assets. Database security has become a one of the biggest concerns for businesses, governments, and […]