Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft's SQL Server is the database management system that is used most often with Windows-based operating systems. It provides a tightly integrated GUI and excellent XML support as well as built in monitoring and tuning tools. SQL Server offers a clear migration path from single users to enterprise level operations. Security is primarily handled at the operating system level and clustering is a little difficult, but for companies with Windows-based operations, SQL Server is the database management system of choice.

SQL Server can be an excellent choice if its strengths match your businesses' database requirements, your system architecture is properly designed and you select a hosting provider that is familiar with how to maintain SQL Server at its peak performance and security levels.

Peak 10-Richmond's SQL Server Hosting Process

The SQL Server database hosting process has three stages at Peak 10-Richmond: initial evaluation and system design, setup and tuning, and ongoing database administration and maintenance. Each of these stages will be implemented by Peak 10-Richmond's engineers based upon your unique system and business needs.

SQL Server Database Hosting - Initial Evaluation

Peak 10-Richmond does not use a one size fits all approach to SQL Server database hosting. Our system engineers will listen to you so we understand the business objective you need to achieve as well as your performance, reliability, failover, backup and scalability requirements. We will work with you to design a robust system architecture that will meet your needs now and be scalable to meet your future requirements as well. If you already have equipment, Peak 10-Richmond's engineers can perform a system audit and recommend any modifications that might be beneficial to your architecture. By implementing these recommendations, it is not uncommon for Peak 10-Richmond customers to increase their system throughput (sometimes up to 50%) without adding new hardware. Peak 10-Richmond also can assist with your application development including schema design and query optimization.

SQL Server Database Hosting -- Setup & Tuning

The setup and tuning of your SQL Server database will be tailored to your specific system and business needs. If during the initial evaluation it was determined that you require setup work beyond what is normal, then a project will be established to manage those extra tasks.

SQL Server Database Hosting -- Database Administration

The tasks performed to provide ongoing database administration and maintenance also will be tailored to your specific system and business needs.

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