What you can expect from subscribing to our Vacation DBA services ?

• Elite-class global team of DBA available for you 24*7.
• Database infrastructure operations performance monitoring 24*7.
• Vendor neutral and independent DBA services – MySQL, MariaDB, MyRocks and Percona Server.
• MySQL installation and configuration.
• MySQL performance benchmarking.
• MySQL capacity planning and sizing.
• MySQL performance optimization and tuning.
• SQL and Index optimization.
• Disk I/O optimization.
• MySQL troubleshooting.
• MySQL database recovery services.
• MySQL high availability solutions.
• MySQL upgrades.
• Emergency DBA support and On-call DBA services – When you need us, we are available on-call (24*7).

When customers usually subscribe for vacation DBA services  ?

• Resident DBA left the company and business needs DBA coverage till they hire new DBA.
• Resident DBA is on vacation – Companies guarantee great work-life balance to the team, It’s not professional calling DBA for support when he/she is on an vacation.
• Leverage with external DBA team for 24*7 MySQL support.
• You need a expert DBA coverage for an limited period.
• Your website traffic is very high (usually for holidays / new year etc.) and you need highly responsive 24*7 DBA support.

☛ Why our customers love working with us ?

• Global team – We have expert MySQL consultants operating 24*7*365 from multiple locations worldwide.
• Vendor neutral and independent – Experts in MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server and ClickHouse.
• We are available on a short notice for emergency DBA support services.
• No long-term contract option available – You can hire us for as-low-as 40 hours.
• We bill you only for the hours worked, Discounts available for advanced booking (only for vacation DBA services).
• Performance benchmarking – We do stress testing of the system proactively to avoid incidents which can directly impact your business.
• Capacity planning and sizing – Not more nor less, We size your systems optimally and this include recommendations on CPU, memory, storage and network.
• Performance health check, diagnostics and forensics – We will be first the one to know your performance bottleneck and fix before it become ugly.
• Performance optimization and tuning – We do full-stack optimization which include Linux, MySQL and PHP also
• Disk I/O tuning – We are experts in designing optimal storage infrastructure architecture and disk I/O distribution.
• SQL tuning – We are experts in re-writing your SQL for performance, Indeed we often see the major performance improvements by just tuning expensive SQL.
• Designing optimal schema, indexes and SQL – Design and build optimal schema and SQL for performance and scalability.
• Partitioning and archiving solutions –  Building systems horizontally scalable for web-scale platforms.
• Scale-out and replication solutions We build horizontally scalable systems which are highly available too.
• Sharding and horizontal partitioning solutions – Building systems horizontally scalable and reliable across multiple-DC for web-scale platforms.
• Clustering solutions – Grow your MySQL infrastructure horizontally for performance, scalability and reliability.
• High Availability and SRE – Architecting and building highly available and reliable database infrastructure operations  for web-scale.
• Data recovery services – Building robust disaster recovery solutions, zero data loss systems and multi-location backup retention.
• Database upgrades and migration – Seamless upgrades and migration of database infrastructure on zero downtime.

☛ Technology focus – Vendor neutral and independent

☛ MinervaDB Remote DBA plans

☛ Customer testimonials

” Shiv is a expert in MySQL performance, He can fine tune MySQL performance at instance, application and infrastructure level in a shortest duration, I would love to hire him again “

David  Hutton
Head of IT operations
National Geographic

” If it’s about MySQL performance and scalability, I will first call Shiv and He has helped us several times in building optimal, scalable and highly available MySQL infrastructure operations “

Mark Gray
  IT Manager
Nike Technologies

” If you are building an highly reliable MySQL ecosystem, Hiring Shiv and his team will simplify your project. He is a guru to build an highly available and fault tolerant web property “ 

Kevin Thomson
Business Head – Media properties
AOL

” Shiv and his team built an custom MySQL high availability solution for us across data centers which enabled 24*7*365 availability of our business services. His Soultions are non vendor biased and cost efficient “

Keshav Patel
Group Manager – IT
Lastminute.com 

” Thinking about outsourcing your DBA function ? Shiv is the guy who you should be talking to, He can build an highly reliable 24*7 remote DBA team for an fraction of cost to hiring a Sr. level resident DBA “

Brian Lewis
Lead Systems Engineer
Priceline.com  

” The shortest emergency DBA support provider I have ever worked with, They are highly responsive and professional. If we suspect something going wrong with our database systems, The immediate action item is contact Shiv and his team”

Sherly Williams
Manager -Business Continuity
GAP Inc. 

” We have contracted MinervaDB for 24*7 remote DBA services, They delivered MySQL maximum reliability and availability solutions ahead of the project schedule using 100% open source and free tools, saving considerably our IT budget. “

Simon Matthew
IT Manager – Media & Entertainment
Vodafone PLC 

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What will be the profile of  MySQL DBA?
A true MySQL DBA is an courageous problem solver, At times he/she is expected to remain calm and address the problem than getting sensitive/emotional (many times I was called for emergency support during personal vacations, I am ok with it because it’s the nature of my Job!! ) because anything happen to MySQL Infrastructure you will be blamed (even when it’s not your mistake) so be cool and never ever get into panic/anxiety situation (practice meditation & yoga, It will support you at personal level during turbulence) with any level of odd experience in your MySQL Operations, Expect the worst and be prepared for it ! Remember Murphy’s law “whatever can go wrong, will go wrong ! ” . Now on technical competency front every MySQL DBA is expected to know MySQL Architecture, MySQL Operations Management (Monitoring & Trending), MySQL Troubleshooting, MySQL Performance, MySQL High Availability and Disaster Recovery. Thankfully MySQL ecosystem is rich when it comes to knowledge sharing and support.  Percona’s investments in MySQL research and innovation made MySQL DBA ecosystem more stronger and healthy ! The following are few books (must have) in every MySQL DBA library:

1. High Performance MySQL (Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko and Baron Schwartz )
2. MySQL Troubleshooting (Sveta Smirnova)
3. Expert MySQL (Charles Bell)

 What makes you The Expert MySQL DBA ?
Practice, Practice & More Practice over multiple MySQL (MySQL GA, Percona Server, WebScaleSQL and MariaDB) infrastructure and continuous learning is key! MySQL DBAs need to automate their routine tasks to find more time for learning, community contributions  and attending MySQL events (You can learn a lot from these events from peers & experts !). Be open to learn from every MySQL flavour (MySQL GA, Percona Server, WebScaleSQL and MariaDB) available  this get you to be an unbiased MySQL advocate. Take the full ownership of your MySQL Infrastructure like Performance, Scalability, High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Security because strategically/economically it never make sense for hiring multiple MySQL DBAs for addressing different areas of MySQL Operations! Last but not the least never limit your scope to just MySQL because most of MySQL implementations are on Linux, Good understanding of Linux Operations comes handy many times in your career so please do some investments for learning Linux!!!

Where do I start my career as MySQL DBA?
Once you have basic knowledge in MySQL DBA Operations, Start actively networking with MySQL DBA Managers and Database Architects. The initial days please don’t expect challenging opportunities, There is nobody in this planet who risk their mission critical MySQL database with junior DBA(s) ! The early days of your career sometimes will be limited to assisting Principal / Sr. MySQL DBAs but this will give you access to experience/knowledge of someone who is working with MySQL production infrastructure for many years. The early days of your career as Jr. MySQL DBA is very important because it equally provide to guidance and practice governance in MySQL Operations Management successfully. You must never get bored doing repetitive tasks initial years !!

What does MySQL consultant career path look like?
The value of MySQL consultant grows higher with more years of experience and volume/transaction of MySQL database he/she managed. If you have entrepreneurial interests the independent MySQL contractor (I am an independent MySQL contractor for many years) is very promising, exciting and rewarding!

How MySQL DBAs can equally create  business value
Faster, Scalable & Highly Available MySQL infrastructure is very important for successfully running planet-scale Internet/Mobility Application or SaaS. Think about “Cost-To-MySQL-Outage” for an online commerce or advertisement network business? A seasoned  MySQL DBA should proactively plan Optimal, Scalable, Highly Available and Secured MySQL Operations to address customer experience & revenue!

So have you decided to be a MySQL DBA?    
Good luck !! Start your learning with an positive mind and spend all your productive hours in reading the research & experience of many professional MySQL consultants (there are many available in public domain already!)

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