Welcome to RedDBA, a Dorset-based Database Support and Education company, established with the vision to provide comprehensive and custom-tailored database solutions. Our mission is to empower small and medium businesses by enhancing their data management capabilities through training, coaching, and support in MariaDB and MySQL.

Our Expertise

With a rich history of collaboration with industry-leading consultancies such as Percona and Pythian, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. We also did time with DigitalOcean infrastructure, evolving and enhancing their internal database platform with a sprinkle of much needed automation. Alongside this, countless contracts aimed at hardening and advancing client database infrastructure. Troubleshooting those hard to find issues and solving the crashes keeping you up at night. We offer bespoke training programs for MariaDB and MySQL, designed to cater to the unique needs of your business. Whether you’re a beginner seeking foundational knowledge or an experienced professional aiming to advance your skills, our training modules are crafted to give you the skills missing from all those cheap Udemy courses repeating themselves.

Online Coaching & Support

In today’s digital era, accessibility to prompt and reliable support is crucial. We provide online coaching and support, ensuring that expert assistance is just a click away. Our remote support encompasses a comprehensive range of DBA tasks, including but not limited to:

• Installation & Upgrades: Seamless database setup and timely upgrades to keep your systems efficient and secure.
• Backup Solutions: Robust backup strategies to safeguard your data against loss and ensure business continuity. Ship offsite and automate recovery to give you that peace of mind you’re looking for.
• Migrations: Smooth transition of your databases to new platforms with minimal downtime. Whether you want to drop your co-lo for AWS or dump Azure for Google Cloud, we have you covered
• High Availability Solutions: Ensuring that your databases are always operational, supporting your business’s critical functions. Always available data is what we crave, right?
• Performance Tuning: Optimizing database performance to enhance application speed and user experience. Most poor performance isn’t a config parameter we don’t know exists, it’s the SQL you’re throwing at the optimiser. We want to make you smile as your bounce rate drops.
• Monitoring: Continuous surveillance of your database systems to detect and resolve issues promptly. Let us guide you through the use of the industry’s best solutions on the market. Whether a paid for monitoring beomouth or an open source smart arse, we can keep your heart rate down and in budget too.

Affordable Support in the Style You Need

Understanding the diverse needs of businesses, we know that not everyone can afford to have a DBA on staff. We’re already wearing enough hats from day-to-day, so we offer flexible retainers and a unique “breakdown policy” for your data. This approach is designed to provide you with peace of mind, knowing that expert help is available when you need it most. Our service models are tailored to offer you affordable support, recognizing that your data is one of your most precious assets.

Why Choose Us?

RedDBA are not only committed to delivering excellence in database support and education but also bring proven experience from working with some of the best in the industry. (There was that one time we fixed Netflix to ensure we could binge our favourite show that evening!) Our team of experts, enriched by our partnerships and projects with Nokia, Percona, Pythian, and DigitalOcean, ensures that you receive the highest quality of service backed by a track record of success. By choosing us, you’re gaining a partner dedicated to protecting and enhancing your most valuable asset—your data.