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SUMMARY: XTIVIA's Virtual-DBA service enabled the Sweetwater Union High School District to overcome the challenges of an outdated database by successfully migrating its legacy Oracle system to SQL Server. The district decommissioned its expensive legacy Oracle system,...
SUMMARY: This guide explains how businesses can leverage commitment-based discount programs like Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans to significantly reduce cloud costs on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with expert guidance from XTIVIA to maximize savings....
SUMMARY: XTIVIA provides expert cloud database management services to help businesses optimize costs, enhance security, and ensure peak performance for their cloud and hybrid database environments. Cost Optimization: XTIVIA’s DBAs help right-size resources and prevent...
This blog will walk you through how to prepare your EBS environment, run the analyzer, and provide an overview of the results. We’ll also share XTIVIA’s hands-on experience running this analyzer in a test EBS instance.
SUMMARY: This guide explains why a Database Administrator (DBA) is essential for ensuring the performance, security, and cost-efficiency of your business data, whether it resides in a cloud or self-managed environment, and how XTIVIA's Virtual-DBA services offer a...
SUMMARY: XTIVIA's Virtual-DBA service helps businesses resolve common cloud database provisioning challenges by finding the optimal balance between performance and cost. Avoid Over-provisioning: Businesses often over-provision cloud databases by adding excessive...
SUMMARY: Leveraging Virtual-DBA for expert cloud database management allows businesses to unlock peak performance and significant cost savings by outsourcing complex administrative tasks Virtual-DBA provides access to a team of specialized experts at a fraction of the...
SUMMARY: Choosing between cloud and self-managed databases is a pivotal strategic decision for any business, requiring a careful evaluation of trade-offs between agility, cost, security, and control. • Migrate to the cloud for unmatched scalability, reduced...
SUMMARY: Cloud database over-provisioning—the allocation of more resources to a database instance than it actually needs—drives excessive cloud bills by masking underlying performance issues. This necessitates strategic resource right-sizing and query optimization...
SUMMARY: Optimizing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is crucial for maximizing ROI, and XTIVIA's Oracle-certified experts help businesses achieve this by right-sizing compute, storage, and networking resources to stop overspending. Analyze and right-size compute...