GSI · Database Services

Expert DBA services from the firm that already runs your ERP.

Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL administration, tuning, migration, and security. Run by the same teams that configure your JD Edwards and NetSuite environments.

Database Consultation

Tell us about your environment.

Describe your challenge and a senior DBA consultant will follow up within one business day.

Database management that actually knows your application layer.

Performance tuning

The bottlenecks your team has been working around? We find the actual root cause and fix it permanently.

  • Query optimization + index management
  • Real-time monitoring + alerting
  • Application-layer SQL diagnosis
  • Capacity planning + scalability analysis

High availability and disaster recovery

Clustering, replication, and backup architecture that keeps you up during a major incident.

  • Failover cluster setup + management
  • Replication architecture design
  • Backup strategy + validation testing
  • Data integrity monitoring

Migration and integration

On-premise to cloud, Oracle to SQL Server, or the reverse. Your production stays up while we validate the target in parallel.

  • Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure migration
  • Cross-platform data integration
  • Parallel-run validation + cutover
  • Post-migration performance baselining

Security management

Encryption, access controls, and audit logging aligned with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOX.

  • Database encryption + TDE
  • Access control + role auditing
  • Compliance evidence collection
  • Vulnerability scanning + patching

When a slow query traces back to your
ERP, who diagnoses it?

Most DBA providers tune the database. We have a JDE consultant look at the application code generating the SQL.

Your ERP partner is also your DBA.

Other providers see the database in isolation. They do not understand your JDE database schemas, your NetSuite role architectures, or the way your custom code generates queries. When their monitoring flags a bottleneck, they tune indexes. Our consultants trace the issue to the application layer where it starts.

Not locked to one vendor.

Your data might live on SQL Server for analytics, Oracle for your ERP, and PostgreSQL for a web application. Most DBA firms specialize in one platform and punt on the others. We work across all three and recommend the architecture that fits your workload, not the one we happen to sell.

Automation built for your environment.

We write T-SQL and PL/SQL scripts for the routine work: data movement, reporting, backups. Your team stops doing repetitive maintenance and gets that time back for higher-value work.

Six patterns that bring IT leaders here.

Operations

Constant firefighting

“Same queries, same crashes, every peak period. Three years of patches.”

Slow queries and unexpected downtime during peak hours. Previous providers applied temporary fixes, but the same failures keep coming back because the diagnosis never went deep enough.

How GSI solves this

Performance audit tracing issues to their origin, including application-layer SQL. Configuration optimization plus failover so the problem is gone, not patched.

Talent

Expertise gap

“Our team is solid on the app side, but we do not have a senior Oracle DBA.”

Your team is stretched thin. You either lack a dedicated DBA or the budget for a senior-level expert on every platform you run. Complex tuning and architecture decisions need deeper experience.

How GSI solves this

Three models: full ownership, co-managed, or staff augmentation. Senior DBA coverage at a fraction of a full-time hire.

Risk

Risky migrations

“We have been putting off the cloud move for two years. Cannot afford even an hour of downtime.”

Cloud migration or major upgrades carry real complexity. The fear of data loss or extended outages has kept the project on hold quarter after quarter.

How GSI solves this

Parallel environments with rollback checkpoints at every stage. Your production stays online while we validate the target.

Compliance

Compliance pressure

“Auditors flagged our database access controls. Need this fixed before the next review.”

SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOX, state privacy laws. They all touch your database layer. Auditors expect encryption, access logging, and role-based controls.

How GSI solves this

Database security aligned with your specific frameworks. Encryption, access controls, audit logging, and evidence collection built into your ongoing engagement.

Growth

Scalability ceiling

“We added 40% more transactions last year. The database is starting to buckle.”

Your business outgrew the original architecture. Response times are climbing, concurrent user limits are approaching, and the current configuration was never built for this volume.

How GSI solves this

Capacity planning and architecture redesign that scales ahead of your growth. Ongoing monitoring flags risks before they turn into outages.

Strategy

Vendor lock-in

“Our DBA firm only knows SQL Server. We need someone who can work across everything.”

Most DBA firms specialize in one platform. That works until you run Oracle for your ERP, SQL Server for analytics, and PostgreSQL for a web app. Three vendors for one data layer creates gaps.

How GSI solves this

One engagement covering Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and cloud-hosted environments. A single team with visibility across your entire data layer.

Proven Results

From years of firefighting to stable operations

A national snack food company had been dealing with slow queries and database downtime during peak sales for years. Multiple partners had cycled through. The root cause stayed buried.

GSI ran a full environment audit and found the issue in the application layer, not the database configuration where everyone else had been looking. After optimizing the config and standing up a high-availability failover cluster, peak-period crashes stopped entirely.

Talk to us

Pick the model that fits. Adjust later.

Full ownership

Complete end-to-end DBA management. No in-house DBA required. Includes 24/7 production-down coverage.

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Partial ownership

GSI manages your most critical systems. Your team or a third party handles the rest. Scales up or down as needs shift.

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Staff augmentation

On-demand senior DBA support for your existing team. Mentorship, coverage, and temporary leadership gaps filled.

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Five steps from first call to first value.

01

Discovery

A call to walk through your challenges and current database setup.

02

Assessment

Health check of your environment. Written report with risks and quick wins.

03

Proposal

Solution design, deliverables, timeline, and pricing. No surprises.

04

Agreement

SLAs, timelines, and scope locked down before work starts.

05

Onboarding

Implementation starts. Your team sees progress within the first week.

When the scope goes beyond your database.

Cybersecurity

vCISO + threat detection

24/7 SOC, compliance frameworks, Zero Trust.

Cloud

Cloud managed hosting

Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure. Migration + DR.

JDE

JD Edwards practice

Upgrades, migrations, Orchestrator, GENIUS AI.

NetSuite

NetSuite practice

Implementations, SuiteCare, SuiteScript.

Frequently Asked

Common questions about database services.

Parallel environments. Your production stays up while we validate the target alongside it. Rollback checkpoints at every stage, and we do not cut over until both sides match. We have moved clients between platforms without a minute of unplanned downtime.

You get a named Account Manager. That person coordinates response while the DBA team handles the technical side. SLAs with defined response and resolution times come standard.

Start with the free Database Health Assessment. We look at your environment, flag the biggest risks and quick wins, and hand you a written report. No commitment beyond a 30-minute call.

Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and cloud-hosted environments on Oracle Cloud, AWS, and Azure. We are not a single-vendor shop. If PostgreSQL is the right call, we will tell you that.

Most DBA providers only see the database. When a query is slow, they tune the index. Our consultants have configured JDE and NetSuite environments, so we trace issues to the application code generating the SQL. An index tune might buy you a month. Fixing the query pattern that created the problem fixes it for good.

Every month you wait, the same problems compound.

Slow queries get slower. Compliance gaps widen. Your team spends another sprint patching instead of building. A 30-minute conversation with a GSI database lead is enough to map out what the fix looks like.