Services

Experts in Commercial and Open Source RDBMS

Independent guidance for decision-makers on database and platform choice, grounded in objective measurement.

• Database capability and suitability across Oracle, SQL Server, Db2, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and mixed estates
• Platform guidance: cloud instance families, storage choices, ARM vs x86, cost/performance trade-offs
• Options analysis: what you run today, realistic alternatives, costs, and expected outcomes
• Migration feasibility and performance risk assessment
• Clear recommendation and actionable next steps

Example advisory engagement delivering measurable performance gains for a top-tier database vendor — MariaDB Enterprise Server case study .

Benchmark-as-a-Service (BaaS)

Self-service benchmarking using industry-standard HammerDB workloads, with comparable results and optional expert interpretation and advice.

• Repeatable benchmarking across database versions, platforms, and clouds
• Industry-standard TPROC-C / TPROC-H workloads and curated profiles
• Cost/performance reporting to support platform and procurement decisions
• Results packaged for license compliant internal sharing
• Live prototype now available for evaluation

Database Platform and Workload Consultancy

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Independent platform validation from HammerDB combined with world-class SQL expertise from Vettabase.

HammerDB provides independent workload benchmarking and platform validation across database engines and infrastructure environments. Vettabase provides deep SQL engineering expertise and operational experience across production systems.

Together this provides one of the broadest capabilities in the industry for analysing database performance, diagnosing production issues, and supporting critical platform decisions across cloud and on-prem environments.

• Independent database health and performance assessments
• Evidence for platform and infrastructure decisions
• Workload benchmarking across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid platforms
• SQL workload analysis and optimisation (Vettabase)
• Advisory support for platform modernisation or database transitions