SQL Critical Care® – Expert SQL Server Consulting
You’re frustrated with a slow, unreliable Microsoft SQL Server or Azure SQL DB. You’re tired of hearing conflicting advice and watching team members point fingers at each other. Is it a storage problem? A code problem? A database problem?
You just want clear answers. You’ve got a great team – but they just need guidance to get back on track.
My quick SQL Critical Care® for $5,995 gets everyone on the same page and brings you permanent pain relief. It’s a proven process I’ve honed over working with hundreds of clients.
I’ve recorded a quick video explaining how it works.
Leading up to the engagement: as soon as you sign the contract, you start sending in your server’s diagnostic data. I review it asynchronously and send you no-brainer recommendations to get the easy problems out of the way before we meet together live.
Day 1, morning: we walk through your diagnostic data together. I start a Zoom session with your senior sysadmin or DBA, lead developer, and a business stakeholder. I show you what’s going on, training you as I go, showing you what we’re seeing together. It’s a fast, low-impact, read-only process that I’ve used across hundreds of clients around the world, without any need for VPN logins or high-overhead traces.
Day 1 afternoon & day 2 morning: I write the findings. You go back to work while I analyze the data and build a plan of attack. I write a clear, actionable set of tasks for you to get permanent pain relief. You can see samples of ’em below.
Day 2 afternoon: I train your team. The moment of truth: we get back together to go through the findings in detail, showing you exactly why the database isn’t behaving the way you want, and how to get the pain relief you need. It’s a mix of consulting and training: I’m showing you exactly what you need to do, and explaining why it’ll make a difference. You can move forward with the fixes yourself, or, if you prefer to have me fix the problem, the deliverables will also include a Statement of Work for me to implement the necessary fixes.
Going forward: after the critical stuff is out of the way and the bleeding is stopped, you’re in our ongoing SQL ConstantCare® too, letting me keep an eye on the server to make sure you’re checking off the tasks and moving in the right direction.
Sample findings and past clients: ring any bells?
Patient A: Slow ISV App – Patient A got in touch because they were having performance pain with a vendor’s applications, and the vendor wasn’t seeing these problems at their other clients. Read Patient A’s findings PDF.
Patient B: Slow Homegrown App – Their developers kept fixing the queries that their monitoring app complained about, but performance didn’t get better. Read Patient B’s findings PDF.
Patient C: Constant Crashes – Every time their brand-new servers failed over, they were unusable for 15+ minutes, and everyone was pointing fingers. Read Patient C’s findings PDF.
Ready to get started? Let’s do this!
You can book a free 30-minute sales call with me on my live calendar. You’ll get an email with instructions on how to send me diagnostic data so I can review it to prepare for the call. I’ll review your data right away, and I’ll also check with my partners – if I’m not a good fit for the server, I have a couple of trusted consulting firms that I can refer you to, too. (I really am like a doctor for the database!)
After I’ve reviewed your data, I’ll also send over a contract for my next available dates. I’m typically booked about 1-3 weeks in advance, and I have weekend emergency engagements available as well.