Database Maintenance
Indexing, slow-query review, storage cleanup and backup verification for the database behind your application, so reports stay fast and a backup is a fact instead of an assumption.
What Database Maintenance Includes
The application code is only half the system. The database underneath it needs its own upkeep as data volume grows: indexes that were fine at launch stop being enough, logs and temporary tables quietly fill the disk, and a backup nobody has restored is not yet a proven backup.
Signs Your Database Needs Attention
- A report that used to load instantly now takes a visible pause
- The application times out during your busiest hours of the day
- Storage usage keeps climbing and nobody can say why
- Nobody has ever actually restored a backup to confirm it works
Indexing and Query Performance
Reviewing Slow Queries
Finding the specific queries responsible for a slowdown rather than assuming the whole database needs a bigger server.
Adding and Correcting Indexes
Indexes matched to how the application actually queries data, since a missing or unused index affects speed in opposite directions.
Cleaning Up Runaway Tables
Archiving or trimming logs and temporary data that grow without bound and were never meant to be kept forever.
Backups You Can Actually Restore
A backup that has never been restored is a file, not a guarantee. We set up scheduled backups and periodically restore one to a separate environment to confirm it works, rather than trusting that a backup job completing without error means the data inside it is usable.
Frequently asked questions
What decides whether our database needs indexing work?
How queries perform as data volume grows. If reports or searches have slowed down over time relative to when the application launched, that is usually a sign the current indexes no longer match how the data is queried.
What decides the cost of database maintenance?
The size of the database, how many slow queries need investigation, and how much cleanup of old logs or unused tables is involved.
Do you need direct access to our production database?
Yes, along with a recent backup to work against wherever possible, so query and index changes can be tested before touching the live database.
Can you work with the database engine we already use?
Yes. We work with the engine already in place, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL or MongoDB, rather than requiring a migration to a different one.
What happens if a backup has never been tested?
We treat that as an immediate risk regardless of what else is planned, and restore a copy to confirm the backup is actually usable before moving on to other work.
Who owns the database once you're maintaining it?
You do. The database, its hosting and its backups remain under your business's own accounts throughout.
What do you need from us to begin a database review?
Read access to the database, details of the reports or screens that feel slow, and confirmation of where and how backups are currently being taken.
Tell us what you need.
Send a short brief and one of our engineers will come back to you — usually the same day.
- No obligation
- We reply the same working day
- Your details stay private