Services
Valcora offers a wide range of remote DBA services to suit the unique needs of your business. From low cost monitoring
to full time development and administration, Valcora has a package that will help your business reduce expenses on IT costs and
increase the productivity of existing IT employees.
Below is a list of some of the common services that we provide. While this is not everything we do, it should provide
some idea of what we can offer to you and your team!
As you can see, Valcora provides a great number of services for our customers. There are even skills that are not
listed. If you have a need, be sure to check with us to see if our team of experts are able to meet your needs.
All of our consultants have broad areas of skill in addition to MySQL and have worked within the internet and tech
industry for many years. We have worn many hats over the years, but MySQL has always been at the core of everything
we do. In fact, we have been deploying MySQL in production since the very first public release of the software!
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Remote MySQL DBA Services
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Our MySQL ninjas as we call them, are able to work hand-in-hand with your development and management teams to
provide DBA support whenever you need it at a fraction of the cost of a full-time DBA. The reality is that many
companies hire a full-time DBA onsite thinking they need him/her 40+ hours per week. Forunately or unfortunately,
however you look at it, that is not always the case! MySQL is a very solid database engine that is a real workhorse
and will tolerate loads unlike many other database platforms. Because of this, your full-time DBA may be struggling
to justify their employment by stuffing timesheets, creating work for themselves, and more. With our Remote DBA
service, you can pay for the hours that you actually need per week and not waste money to pay for your DBA to surf
the web! Of course, there are exceptions to this rule and we understand that you may really need 40+ hours of
support each week. Then again, maybe if you are, it is because your system could be poorly designe, causing you to
think so. Either way, contact us today and we will gladly survey
your needs and ascertain what level of support
seems appropriate to your setup and we will let you know whether we think we can help you to lower your costs!
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On-site DBA Support
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We have found that many companies still think that an on-site DBA is necessary. While this is often not the case,
there are of course exceptions to the rule! If you need one of our consultants to be on-site initially or for a
short period of time, don't hesitate to let us know. We can provide a consultant to come meet your team, do
installations, or whatever you need. Contact us to talk with us
about what you need.
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Production Support |
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Our MySQL consultants are not just skilled at working with small companies and one-man shops. We have worked for
Fortune 500 as well as Fortune 50 companies for years now. Our consultants have been and are engaged with these
large companies providing on-call support and deployment for mission-critical production systems, utilizing a
variety of High Availability and clustered MySQL architectures. We can give you peace of mind in providing our
experience and expertise to your team! Contact us today to find
out how we can help you sleep better!
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MySQL Database Emergencies |
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Have a critical emergency with your MySQL database server that simply cannot wait? No problem! Call us today to
get our team on the job right away solving your problem and getting your system back up and running! There is a
good chance, in fact, that our team has seen your problem before and know exactly what needs to be done to resolve
it! Why wait? Call us immediately!
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Security Auditing
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One of our consultants will perform a detailed security audit of your system. This includes a detailed
questionnaire to ascertain if all levels of your architecture are secure from entry point to exit. Naturally, we
will focus heavily on checking the security of MySQL. Unfortunately, we have found a number of clients are running
default installations of MySQL that do not even have a "root" password enabled! But, there are also a number of
other security concerns present within applications including security of stored procedures/functions, user account
access, connection protocols, etc. Our experts will work hard to ensure your data is safe! Contact us today to
discuss how we can secure your system!
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Performance Auditing
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Just as many clients have security issues with base installations, many also suffer from performance issues.
Unfortunately, many large-scale applications are deployed by a programmer who struggles to get the MySQL database
created and "developed." Many times, the tables are not normalized leading to horrible inefficiencies. Moreover,
the server configuration is the default config files provided for MySQL and have had no tuning performed on them.
As you can understand, the programmers in these cases almost always work with a small dataset and the poorly
performing configuration is hardly noticed in testing. When it is time to go to production, however, these problems
appear and cost money in lost revenues, down time, and frustrated customers. This is where we can save you a lot of
money! Contact us today to discuss how we can turn your slow
system into a beast!
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Data Recovery
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Sooner or later, it is going to happen. A developer types a command wrong, an application bug is discovered at the
worst possible time, or a hard-drive fails. It may not be too late! Even if you have not performed regular backups
(as you should be doing), we may still be able to help! It is critical, however, that you contact our team of
experts immediately! The longer you wait, the more likely you are to lose your valuable data!
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MySQL Development
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Most problems with query performance go back to poor database design and implementation. Fortunately, this is
preventable! Contact our team experts when you are ready to begin
development and let us assist your development
team from the onset to ensure that your application will be optimized from the beginning. A little time and energy
invested early will pay off major dividends when the code is done right. You may never know how many thousands of
dollars you save by engaging us early, but you will know how many you lose if you don't get MySQL experts involved
early! Contact us today to find out how we can help your team!
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Database Monitoring
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Our system will monitor your MySQL databases 24 x 7 x 365 to ensure availability. In fact, our system is even
pro-active and will notify you and our team about any issues that seem to be arising that may lead to system
problems. We don't simply wait until your system is down to discover the problem. Then it is too late! Instead,
we are often able to correct the problem before it is even apparent, preventing crashes! Many of our clients never
even realize how much money we save them by preventing lost revenues and expensive downtime! Contact us today to
find out how we can give you the same peace of mind!
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We at Valcora would love to hear from you! We are so sure that we can help your business, that we are eager to chat
with you about what we can do take your business to the next level! Contact us today and we will get back with you
right away!
The best way to reach us for general inquiries is via the form below. This will generate a ticket for a sales associate to
contact you. Most inquiries are answered same day - please allow more time for holiday or weekend contact.
If you have an emergency or want to speak with a customer service representative, please call (888)
321-3306.
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