Managed database services for your most demanding workloads
Optimize your database, free your team. Database complexity shouldn’t hold back your business. Summit’s managed database services deliver turnkey, scalable, and secure operations, and we handle performance, availability, patching, and compliance so that your team can focus on innovation.
Talk to salesThe risks of running databases without expert support
Running enterprise databases in-house leads to risk, inefficiency, and rising costs.
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Downtime threatsMismanaged maintenance disrupts business continuity.
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Performance bottlenecksInefficient queries slow applications.
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Compliance gapsMissed patches or poor handling risk fines.
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Scaling strugglesOverprovisioning drives overspending; underprovisioning delays growth.
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Expertise shortageLimited skills slow resolution and projects.
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Backup gapsUnverified backups risk permanent data loss.
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Poor monitoringIssues go undetected until outages hit.
14% of organizations had no approach to sensitive data in 2025, down from 35% in 2023. Source: Redgate 2025 State of the Database Landscape Report
45% of organizations report a lack of data skills or data literacy as a barrier to data-driven transformation. Source: IDC InfoBrief
End-to-end database administration and support
Summit’s Database Management service delivers complete operational management of enterprise database environments.
Expert support
Direct access to seasoned DB admins for troubleshooting, performance issues, and architectural guidance.
Monitoring and availability
24×7 real-time monitoring to detect issues early and maintain uptime and performance.
Maintenance and patching
Regular updates, hotfixes, and patching to ensure security and stability.
Performance tuning
Continuous analysis and refinement of queries, indexing, and configurations to maintain speed and efficiency.
Backup and restore assurance
Verified backups and routine restore testing to protect against data loss.
Capacity planning and scalability
Forecasting and architectural support to ensure your databases scale with business needs.
Three managed database service tiers
Choose from Assessment, Consulting, and Management based on your needs. All engagements include a dedicated database administrator for onboarding and ongoing support.
Assessment
- In-depth infrastructure review, performance diagnostics, security review, and capacity planning
- AI-readiness, cloud readiness, and licensing evaluations
Consulting
- Expert support for upgrades, migrations, architecture, BI, and performance
- Tuning, warehouse design, cloud strategy, and compliance planning
Management
- Proactive DBA support with 24/7 monitoring, patching, backup and error recovery, capacity planning, and security hardening
- Remote DBA, emergency support, and cloud database administration for platforms like Azure SQL and Amazon RDS
Supported database platforms and deployment options
Proactive support for your critical data platforms, wherever they run.
Managed database services for business-critical workloads
Summit keeps the systems your business runs on fast, secure, and resilient.
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Enterprise applicationsKeep ERP and financial systems reliable.
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Transactional systemsEnsure high-speed, high-throughput performance.
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Disaster recoverySafeguard data with verified backup and restore strategies.
Guaranteed database performance and availability
Defined commitments, skilled people, and reporting you can plan against.
24x7x365 coverage
Support by skilled database admins for escalations.
Defined SLAs
SLAs for availability, response times, and issue resolution.
Dedicated database experts
Access to dedicated experts for escalations and support.
Regular health reports
Reporting on performance, capacity, and security posture.
Comprehensive database management beyond traditional MSPs
How Summit compares to basic hosting providers and staffing firms.
| Summit | Basic hosting providers | Staffing firms | |
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| Continuous optimization | |||
| Proactive tuning | |||
| Monitoring | |||
| 24×7 operations with defined SLAs | |||
| Expert administration |
Seamless implementation aligned to your database needs
Onboarding runs in three stages, with a dedicated database administrator from day one.
Discovery
Discovery session and assessment of current database performance and configurations.
Planning
Development of maintenance and optimization plans.
Implementation
Implementation of monitoring and proactive management workflows.
Outcomes of proactive database management
Summit reduces downtime, boosts performance, and ensures compliance across your database environment.
Less downtime
Proactive monitoring and fast recovery.
Faster performance
Optimized queries and configurations.
Stronger compliance
Proper patching and audit support.
Scalable growth
Capacity planning aligned to business demand.
Peace of mind
Verified backups protect against data loss.
Instead of pushing us toward the most expensive equipment, Summit’s team was tremendously helpful with arriving at a solution at the cost that we wanted.
Managed database services FAQs
Common questions about platforms, tiers, SLAs, and onboarding.
The Management tier delivers proactive DBA support with 24/7 monitoring, patching, backup and error recovery, capacity planning, and security hardening. Every engagement includes a dedicated database administrator for onboarding and ongoing support.
SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle. Cloud database administration for platforms like Azure SQL and Amazon RDS is included in the Management tier and available as an add-on.
On-premises, in a hybrid environment, or in a private cloud. Summit supports the deployment model you already use rather than requiring a migration.
Assessment covers infrastructure review, performance diagnostics, security review, and capacity planning. Consulting covers upgrades, migrations, architecture, BI, and performance, including tuning, warehouse design, cloud strategy, and compliance planning. Management covers full DBA support with 24/7 monitoring, patching, backup and recovery, capacity planning, and security hardening.
Assessment engagements start at $700 per instance and include AI-readiness, cloud readiness, and licensing evaluations.
SLAs cover availability, response times, and issue resolution, backed by 24x7x365 support from skilled database admins, access to dedicated database experts for escalations, and regular health reports on performance, capacity, and security posture.
Onboarding runs in three stages: a discovery session and assessment of current database performance and configurations, development of maintenance and optimization plans, then implementation of monitoring and proactive management workflows.
Basic hosting providers and staffing firms typically cover monitoring and expert administration. Summit adds continuous optimization, proactive tuning, and 24×7 operations with defined SLAs.
Focus on strategy, not maintenance
Contact Summit today for the right Database Management solution.