Fractional DBA, disaster recovery, migrations, FinOps, SQL Server in the cloud, and distributed SQL — for teams that cannot afford downtime or an oversized bill. Twenty years of DBA work across on-prem, AWS, and GCP.
End-to-end database and cloud expertise — architecture, recovery, cost, coaching, and distributed SQL. Laid out as the mark is: gold outside, marble in.
Performance tuning, schema design, query optimization, and health assessments for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and managed cloud databases. Senior DBA expertise without a full-time hire.
On-premise and cloud (RDS, Cloud SQL, Aurora). Performance audits and query optimization. Schema design and data modeling. High availability architecture. Fractional DBA and staff augmentation.
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Named for the six columns of Mizzou's Francis Quadrangle — gold outside, white in.
Six Column Solutions advises teams on data infrastructure: architecture and fractional DBA work, disaster recovery, cloud migrations, FinOps, SQL Server on managed cloud platforms, and distributed SQL. Engagements are project-based or retainer, with a focus on production systems that have to stay up and stay affordable.
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Project-based or retainer. Tell us what you need and we will follow up — typically within one business day.
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