The Importance of Database and System Management: Why You Should Care?
The right database and system management helps your IT work seamlessly behind the scenes so that your company can run efficiently.
In this article, we examine what good data management looks like and how to implement it through outsourcing.
Why are good database and system management important?
Most company employees use databases and systems on a daily basis.
When the underlying system infrastructure seems to be working, many people won’t give much thought on how it operates.
But, the way how the systems are configured suddenly becomes very important when things don’t go as planned.
That’s why database and system management should not be an afterthought. Prioritizing good systems management helps everything run smoothly, optimizing daily processes, preventing problems, and fixing them quickly when arised.
In more detail: Database management and DBAs
As Forbes points out, “managing data is as critical as having data.” The data stored in your database is invaluable, so it needs to be protected, correctly configured for your needs, and monitored. That way, you can increase your revenue and improve services.
Database administrators (DBAs) work to provide data consistency, easy access, monitoring, recovery solutions, and more. This can be done in-house or remotely via a team of experts (remote DBAs), often providing 24/7 support and management.
It’s important to adhere to best practices so that everything runs smoothly. Just imagine what could happen otherwise. You could compromise or lose vital data, be unable to access it, use obsolete information for insights…the list goes on.
In more detail: Operating system management
Operating system (OS) management, sometimes referred to along with system administration, is a crucial activity. From making sure you’re up to date on patches to having early warnings, system management involves overseeing and maintaining the OS. This helps your business keep running smoothly.
Your technical team should have in-depth expertise and experience in the right operating systems and the ability to handle any issues that might arise.
Should I outsource?
In-house IT experts do not always have the time and resources they need to stay on top of everything or plan for every possibility. Some businesses do not have full-time, dedicated experts on hand at all. Outsourcing database and/or system management can solve this issue, helping companies streamline their processes and focus on their core activities. Any in-house experts can then turn their attention to other important, day-to-day tasks.
This adds value for businesses; they reduce costly downtimes, seamlessly move to more advanced technologies, boost performance, and lower training costs. What’s more, external service providers usually have more capacity, meaning that scaling up is easier.
Other benefits of outsourcing database management and using remote DBA services include:
- Higher performance
- Lower costs
- 24x7 or 8x5 support and management
- Prevention of costly system downtimes
- Reducing high recruitment and training costs
- Efficient use of rapidly changing technologies
- Ability to work with a team of experts in the field
- Risk sharing
InspireIT – Database and System Management experts
Since 2003, we’ve been providing top-quality consultancy and management services. We work across Europe, the Middle East, and CIS region to help companies manage their IT infrastructure. Our team is ready to help whether you need simple database management or full IT support.
Case study - TARSİM needed our help to reshape its entire IT infrastructure. This led to:
- Secure, fast, robust, and high-capacity system architecture that provides high and optimum performance
- Saving valuable system resources
- Better quality and consistent data access
How we did it:
Amongst other elements, the project involved the migration of Tarsim infrastructure to Oracle Exadata platform with ZFS and Active Data Guard as backup structure, Oracle Multitenancy option for database consolidation, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 12c) on reporting front-end, and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI 12c) as ETL tool.
To find out more about how we work, please get in touch at info@inspirit.com.tr or visit our service pages.
