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Database Management

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Service Description

NITC Database Management services can provide the necessary professional expertise to install, configure, operate, and maintain industry standard database software.

What is Included

  • Database engineering and architecture design
  • Database software installation and configuration
  • Database operations, patching, and maintenance
  • Initial database installation and integration
  • Database backup and recovery
  • Pre-production and testing support
  • Management of privileged user accounts to manage tables, indexes, and other data structures
  • Problem and incident management
  • Performance tuning and troubleshooting

The full suite of standard offerings includes:

 N/A Platform
Database Midrange z/OS z/Linux
DB2 x x x
Oracle™ x  N/A x
MSSQL x  N/A  N/A
MySQL x  N/A  N/A

How We Charge

Charges are based on actual number of professional services hours.

Price Drivers:

Service Level Metrics

Measure Service Level Targets
Incident Response 24 x 7

Cost Saving Tips

  • Utilize standard software platforms
  • Establish archive and purge criteria to minimize storage requirements

Additional Information

  • Support for non-standard Database requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis

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