Services

Database & Platform Advisory

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 Migration Validation with Vettabase

Objective data to de-risk migration decisions, with expert migration and operational support delivered by Vettabase.

HammerDB provides objective advisory services to de-risk database migrations with expert migration and operational support delivered by Vettabase across mixed environments, in particular MySQL to MariaDB migration.

• Pre- and post-migration performance validation
• Evidence for go / no-go decisions and stakeholder alignment
• Migration planning, cutover, and stabilisation support (Vettabase)
• Mixed-environment operations and repeatable validation
• Speciality: MySQL → MariaDB