Services

SQL Server Consulting Services

Garry Bargsley, LLC provides practical SQL Server consulting services focused on performance, reliability, automation, and operational stability.

Whether your organization needs help troubleshooting an urgent production issue, improving database performance, reviewing backup and recovery strategy, or building a more proactive DBA process, I help turn complex SQL Server challenges into clear, actionable solutions.

SQL Server Health Assessments

A SQL Server health assessment provides a practical review of your environment with prioritized recommendations.

Areas reviewed may include:

  • Backup strategy and recoverability
  • SQL Server Agent jobs
  • Maintenance tasks
  • CHECKDB history
  • Index and statistics maintenance
  • Disk space and growth trends
  • Performance indicators
  • Security and configuration concerns
  • High availability and disaster recovery readiness

Ideal for organizations that want a second set of eyes on their SQL Server environment before small issues become large problems.

Performance Tuning

Performance issues can impact users, applications, reporting, and business operations.

Services may include:

  • Query tuning
  • Execution plan review
  • Index analysis
  • Blocking investigations
  • Deadlock troubleshooting
  • Wait statistics review
  • Resource bottleneck analysis
  • SQL Server configuration review

The goal is to identify the root cause and provide practical recommendations that improve performance without unnecessary complexity.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

SQL Server availability and recovery planning should be tested before there is an emergency.

Support areas include:

  • Always On Availability Groups
  • Failover planning
  • Disaster recovery reviews
  • Backup and restore validation
  • Log shipping
  • Recovery point and recovery time objective review
  • Production failover readiness

These services help organizations better understand whether their SQL Server environment is truly recoverable.

Automation & Monitoring

Manual DBA tasks can create inconsistency, missed steps, and unnecessary risk.

Automation services may include:

  • PowerShell scripting
  • SQL Server health reports
  • Backup status reports
  • SQL Agent job reporting
  • Error log review automation
  • Maintenance process improvement
  • Operational dashboards and reporting

Automation helps reduce repetitive work and improves visibility into the health of your environment.

Azure SQL & Cloud Support

For organizations using or considering Microsoft Azure, Garry Bargsley, LLC can assist with SQL Server cloud planning and support.

Services may include:

  • Azure SQL VM review
  • Migration planning
  • Hybrid SQL Server architecture review
  • Cloud readiness assessment
  • SQL Server modernization planning

DBA-as-a-Service

Not every organization needs a full-time DBA, but most organizations still need senior-level database expertise.

DBA-as-a-Service is available for organizations that need ongoing SQL Server support, project-based consulting, or periodic environment reviews.

This can include:

  • Monthly health reviews
  • Backup and job monitoring
  • Performance support
  • SQL Server maintenance guidance
  • Project support
  • Emergency troubleshooting

Need SQL Server Help?

If your organization needs help with SQL Server performance, reliability, automation, high availability, or ongoing DBA support, let’s start a conversation.

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