What is remote DBA support?

Remote DBA support gives your team senior database expertise without a full-time hire. We monitor, administer, tune, and troubleshoot your databases remotely — handling the day-to-day work and stepping in when something needs attention.

Do we need a full-time DBA or fractional DBA support?

Many organizations do not have enough work to justify a full-time DBA, but still have business-critical databases that need expert care. Fractional or managed DBA support gives you that expertise at a fraction of the cost, scaling up or down as your needs change.

What does a database health check include?

We review instance configuration, backups and restore readiness, job failures, indexes and statistics, wait stats, query performance, disk and storage, security and permissions, and your maintenance plan — then deliver a prioritized report and a walkthrough.

Can SpakClean help with slow SQL Server performance?

Yes. Performance tuning is core to what we do. We use wait-stats analysis to find the real bottleneck, then tune queries, indexes, and configuration — and we benchmark before and after so the improvement is measurable.

Do you test backups and disaster recovery readiness?

Always. A backup is only useful if it restores. We validate that your backups actually recover, measure how long a real restore takes, and help you document clear recovery objectives so there are no surprises during an incident.

Can you support us monthly?

Yes. Monthly DBA support provides proactive monitoring, routine maintenance, backup verification, and ongoing administration. Priority and after-hours support is available by plan.

Do you provide emergency or after-hours support?

Priority and after-hours support is available by plan. We will work with you to define response expectations that match how critical your systems are to the business.

What platforms do you support?

Our deepest expertise is in Microsoft SQL Server across on-premises and cloud environments, including Azure. We also work with related data platforms and can advise on migrations between them.

How quickly can you start?

A health check can usually begin within days of our first conversation. For urgent performance or stability issues, we prioritize getting eyes on the problem as fast as possible.

What happens after we book a database health check?

We schedule a short kickoff, gain secure read access to review your environment, run the assessment, and deliver a prioritized findings report with a live walkthrough. From there you decide whether to handle the fixes internally or have us help.

Database Administration

DFW Database Administration for Business-Critical Systems

SpakClean keeps your databases fast, secure, and recoverable — with senior remote DBAsupport for DFW companies, proactive monitoring, and backups that are actually tested. Expert coverage without the cost of a full-time hire. Based in Richardson, TX, SpakClean serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with remote and on-site support for DFW companies.

Senior SQL Server DBAsTested recoveryProactive monitoring

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Priority and after-hours support available by plan.

Database Monitor

Illustrative SQL Server dashboard · not client results

Healthy

Uptime (30d)

0.00%

Avg query time

0 ms

Active sessions

318

Cache hit ratio

0.0%

Query latency (ms)

P95 · 58ms

Storage used

0%820 / 1280 GB

Live activity

FULL backup completed

sales_prod · 18.4 GB

02:00

Index maintenance finished

12 indexes rebuilt

02:34

Blocking detected · 2 sessions

auto-resolved in 1.8s

live

DR restore test passed

RTO 41m · verified

06:00

Read / write IOPS

Recovery tested RPO 15m · RTO 1h

Sound familiar?

The database problems that quietly cost you the most

Most of these never show up as a single dramatic outage — they erode trust, speed, and confidence a little at a time.

Slow queries

Reports and applications crawl while users wait — usually a missing index or a query that was never tuned.

Failed jobs

Backups, ETL, and maintenance jobs fail quietly, and nobody finds out until something is already broken.

Untested backups

A backup you have never restored is just a hope. Recovery only counts once it has been proven to work.

Blocking & deadlocks

Transactions pile up behind each other and the application appears to freeze the moment load picks up.

Poor maintenance

Index fragmentation, stale statistics, and bloated logs quietly drag the entire instance down over time.

No disaster recovery plan

If the server is lost, how long until you are back — and how much data is gone? Most teams cannot answer.

No dedicated DBA

Databases get managed in spare moments between other priorities, so small problems quietly accumulate.

SpakClean data consultants advising clients in front of a live performance dashboard

Senior DBA expertise

Your databases, watched by senior hands.

Monitoring, tuning, patching, and tested recovery handled by an experienced SQL Server DBA — so small issues are caught long before they become outages.

What we do

Full-spectrum database administration

From day-to-day administration to deep performance work and disaster recovery — one team that owns the health of your database.

Remote DBA Support

Senior DBA expertise on call for your team — monitoring, troubleshooting, and day-to-day administration, delivered remotely.

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Managed / Fractional DBA

Ongoing ownership of your database environment without the cost and overhead of a full-time hire.

See how it works

SQL Server Administration

Deep Microsoft SQL Server expertise: configuration, security, Agent jobs, and instance hardening.

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Database Health Checks

A structured audit of configuration, backups, performance, and security with a clear, prioritized action plan.

Book a check

Performance Tuning

Query optimization, indexing strategy, and wait-stats analysis to make slow systems genuinely fast again.

Tune my database

Backup & Recovery

Backup strategies that are actually tested, with documented restore procedures and clear RPO / RTO targets.

Review backups

Disaster Recovery Planning

Documented, rehearsed recovery plans so you know exactly how quickly you can be back online after an outage.

Plan recovery

Monitoring & Alerting

Proactive monitoring that catches failed jobs, blocking, and capacity issues before they ever reach your users.

Add monitoring

Upgrades & Migrations

Version upgrades and cloud migrations planned and executed with minimal downtime and a clear rollback plan.

Plan a migration

On-Demand DBA Consulting

Expert guidance when you hit a hard problem — architecture calls, incident support, or a trusted second opinion.

Ask an expert

How we keep you stable

From signal to resolved — before users notice

Proactive monitoring turns silent database issues into early signals, so small problems get fixed before they become outages.

App Servers

Apps & services

SQL Databases

Production data

Monitoring Layer

Metrics · jobs · logs

Alerts

Failures · blocking

DBA Action

Triage · fix · tune

Stable Systems

Fast · safe · online

The database health check

Know exactly where your database stands

A structured, ten-point assessment of your environment — delivered as a prioritized report and a live walkthrough, not a wall of raw metrics.

Instance configuration

Memory, parallelism, tempdb, and server settings reviewed against best practice.

Backup review

Backup types, schedules, retention, and offsite copies validated end to end.

Restore readiness

Proof that backups actually restore — and how long a real recovery takes.

Job failures

SQL Agent and ETL job history checked for silent, recurring failures.

Indexes & statistics

Fragmentation, missing and duplicate indexes, and stale statistics surfaced.

Wait statistics

Where the engine actually spends its time, so tuning targets the real bottleneck.

Query performance

The most expensive and slowest queries identified with concrete fixes.

Disk & storage

Capacity, growth trends, file layout, and headroom before you run out of room.

Security & permissions

Logins, roles, and access reviewed to reduce risk and tighten the surface area.

Maintenance plan review

Integrity checks, index maintenance, and cleanup jobs confirmed and optimized.

0Health score

Sample health assessment

Every health check ends with a score like this — a clear, prioritized read on where your database is strong and where it needs attention.

Performance92

Backups88

Security95

Maintenance84

Storage90

Recovery readiness78

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The difference

From firefighting to full confidence

Before SpakClean

Unstable

Slow applications with no clear cause
No confidence that backups would restore
Failed jobs go unnoticed for days
Reports take far too long to run
Teams guess at performance problems
No disaster recovery clarity

With SpakClean

In control

Databases are continuously monitored with alerting
Backups are reviewed and tested on a schedule
Slow queries are tuned and benchmarked
Every job is tracked with alerting
Risks are documented and prioritized
Leadership has a clear database roadmap

SpakClean consultants reviewing an executive data dashboard on dual monitors

Always-on visibility

Know your database is healthy at a glance.

Proactive monitoring and clear health dashboards surface issues early — long before they reach your users or your customers.

Why SpakClean

Senior DBAs who treat your database like production should be treated

No junior hand-offs and no guesswork. You work directly with experienced database professionals providing SQL Server consulting in DFW to diagnose with evidence, fix the root cause, and document what changed — so your systems get more reliable over time, not less.

Evidence-based tuning using real wait statistics
Recovery you can prove, not just hope for
Clear documentation and prioritized recommendations
Honest advice — even when the answer is “leave it alone”

checks in every health assessment

Restore tests

recovery validation scoped to your environment

Before / after

benchmarks on every tuning engagement

By plan

priority & after-hours support available

Ways to work together

Engagements that fit how you need help

Whether you need a one-time baseline, an urgent rescue, or dependable ongoing coverage, there is a clear way to start.

One-Time Health Check

Teams who want a clear, honest baseline of where their database stands.

Full environment audit
Prioritized findings report
Backup & recovery review
Live walkthrough call

Best fit: A first step or independent second opinion

Book a Health Check

Performance Rescue Sprint

Teams with a system that is slow or unstable right now.

Query & index tuning
Wait-stats analysis
Blocking & deadlock fixes
Before / after benchmarks

Best fit: Acute, urgent performance pain

Start a Sprint

Monthly DBA Support

Teams that need dependable, ongoing database coverage.

Proactive monitoring & alerting
Routine maintenance & patching
Backup verification
Priority and after-hours support available by plan

Best fit: Continuous peace of mind

Get Ongoing Support

Project-Based Consulting

Teams with a specific initiative or deadline ahead.

Upgrades & migrations
DR planning & testing
Architecture & capacity planning
Fixed scope & timeline

Best fit: Defined, time-boxed projects

Scope a Project

Questions, answered

Database administration FAQ

Give your database the attention it deserves.

Start with a database health check and get a clear, prioritized picture of what is working, what is at risk, and what to fix first.

Book a Database Health Check Talk to a DBA Consultant

Priority and after-hours support available by plan.

Security & confidentiality

Your data environment is treated with care.

We treat database, reporting, and analytics environments as sensitive — and handle every engagement with professionalism, discretion, and respect for your systems.

Respect for internal systems

Careful access handling

Security-aware recommendations

Confidential conversations

Documentation discipline

Business-sensitive reporting awareness