Slow databases where indexes or query changes have been added without understanding the cause.
GalvySoft / Services
Databases and data platforms
Design, administration, migration and optimization of databases for applications, internal services and business platforms.
A database does not become reliable simply because it stores information. The model, constraints, indexes, permissions, backups and the way applications query the data determine whether the system will keep working as it grows or when something fails.
When it makes sense
Problems we can help you solve
Schemas that allow inconsistent data and force applications to compensate for errors.
Migrations between engines or servers with risk of data loss, incompatibility or downtime.
Backups that exist but have never been tested for actual restoration.
Scope
What this service can cover
Final scope is defined by the project needs, constraints and criticality.
- Modeling, normalization and constraints
- Schema and relationship design
- SQL queries, views and procedures
- Indexes and performance analysis
- Backups, restoration and migrations
- Permissions and database engine operations
- Application and service integration
Capabilities
What we do in practice
Modeling and design
We design structures that represent the domain well and protect data quality.
- Entities, relationships and normalization
- Keys, constraints and integrity rules
- Schema design for new applications
SQL and performance
We measure before optimizing and address the causes that actually consume resources.
- Queries, views and procedures
- Indexes and execution plans
- Analysis of locks, concurrency and expensive queries
Operations and security
We separate access and operational duties to reduce errors and unnecessary exposure.
- Users, roles and permissions
- Configuration, maintenance and monitoring
- Backups, retention and verified restoration
Migration and integration
We plan data movement as a verifiable process, not a simple copy.
- Migration between servers or database engines
- Import, export and transformation
- Application integration, lightweight ETL and APIs
How we work
From the problem to an operable solution
Before implementing, we clarify the problem, the risks and how we will verify that the solution works.
Measure and understand
We review the model, volume, queries, growth, failures and recovery objectives.
Prioritize
We separate design, performance, operational and application issues so solutions are not mixed together.
Change with control
We apply migrations and optimizations with backups, testing and result validation.
Verify recovery
When continuity is in scope, we test restoration and document the procedure.
Use cases
Situations where this service is a good fit
Application beginning to slow down
Identify queries, indexes, locking or modeling decisions behind the degradation.
Migration to a new server or engine
Prepare conversion, testing, synchronization, cutover window and data validation.
New system with critical data
Design integrity, permissions, migrations and recovery from the start instead of adding them later.
Delivery
What can remain when the work is complete
- Data model or schema review
- Versioned SQL scripts and migrations where applicable
- Performance findings and implemented actions
- Agreed backup/restore policy or procedure
- Relevant permissions and operations documentation
Outcome
What we aim to improve
- More consistent data and clearer rules
- More predictable queries and workloads
- Lower migration risk
- Backups that can be verified instead of files that merely exist
- Less corrective logic spread across the application
Real scope
What should be clear from the beginning
We do not promise performance improvements without measurement or recommend high availability by default. Replication, clustering and distributed architectures are justified by availability, volume and recovery requirements, not by technical appearance.
GalvySoft
Are your data important, but the database only gets attention when something breaks?
We can review modeling, performance, permissions and recovery to turn it into an operable and predictable part of the system.