Data Infrastructure
You Can Rely On
Six Column Solutions delivers expert database consulting, disaster recovery planning, cloud migrations, and FinOps assessments for businesses that cannot afford downtime — or an oversized cloud bill.
Services
End-to-end database and cloud infrastructure expertise — from architecture and recovery planning to cost optimization and fractional DBA support.
Database Consulting & Staff Augmentation
Performance tuning, schema design, query optimization, and health assessments for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and managed cloud databases. Need senior DBA expertise without the cost of a full-time hire? We plug in as your fractional DBA — on-demand, on your schedule.
- ✓On-premise & cloud (RDS, Cloud SQL, Aurora)
- ✓Performance audits & query optimization
- ✓Schema design and data modeling
- ✓High availability architecture
- ✓Fractional DBA services & staff augmentation
Disaster Recovery
Design and implementation of backup strategies, failover architectures, and tested recovery runbooks so your business can recover quickly when the unexpected happens. A backup that has never been restored is not a backup — it is a hope.
- ✓RTO/RPO definition and planning
- ✓Backup strategy design & restore testing
- ✓Failover architecture (AG, log shipping)
- ✓DR runbook creation and tabletop exercises
- ✓Cloud backup validation (S3, Azure Blob)
Cloud Migrations
Lift-and-shift, re-platform, or full modernization of your data workloads to AWS or GCP. Minimize risk, reduce downtime, and right-size your infrastructure from day one — not after the first bill arrives.
- ✓AWS (RDS, Aurora, DMS) migrations
- ✓GCP (Cloud SQL, AlloyDB) migrations
- ✓Homogeneous & heterogeneous migrations
- ✓Post-migration optimization & cost review
- ✓Risk assessment & cutover planning
Cloud Database FinOps
Most cloud database cost problems aren't performance problems — they're configuration problems. We analyze your AWS or GCP database spend, identify where your workload is fighting the pricing model, and make targeted changes that show up on the bill. We've helped clients reduce Aurora costs by 78% without touching a single query.
- ✓Aurora I/O and pricing model assessments
- ✓Right-sizing instance families and storage tiers
- ✓Reserved instance & savings plan analysis
- ✓Cost anomaly identification and remediation
- ✓Ongoing spend monitoring recommendations
About Six Column Solutions
Six Column Solutions is an LLC specializing in data infrastructure consulting. With direct experience at Amazon Web Services and deep hands-on expertise across GCP, we bring cloud-native thinking to every engagement — whether your workloads are in a data center or fully in the cloud.
We work with companies ranging from startups to mid-market enterprises, helping them build reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient data platforms without the overhead of a full-time DBA team.
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Whether you need a one-time database health assessment, a disaster recovery plan, a cloud cost review, or ongoing fractional DBA support — Six Column Solutions is available for project-based and retainer engagements.