MySQL consulting services

Optimize MySQL performance

Our MySQL consultants will quickly identify and solve the root causes of your performance issues. We help you improve data availability and application performance through expert tuning and optimization.

Migrate to or from MySQL

Meet with our MySQL consultants to ensure you make the best migration decision for your business. Whether you are moving to a new platform or upgrading your MySQL version, we're here to ensure you achieve your data modernization and transformation goals with minimal risk.

24/7 MySQL DBA support

Our MySQL database administrator (DBA) teams can become an extension of your team. We handle the day-to-day administration, delivering 24/7 MySQL management, monitoring, and support, 365 days a year to ensure your systems operate without interruptions.

Strengthen security and scale

Pythian can be your long-term partner for MySQL, implementing industry-leading security practices to protect your business from threats. We help you enable your business to scale, knowing your customers, employees, and data are protected.

25+

Years of data expertise

Since 1997, we have been helping organizations solve their toughest data challenges, including designing, managing, and optimizing complex MySQL environments.

45+

Technology specializations

Our database consultants have deep expertise across more than 45 database and cloud technologies, allowing us to provide expert guidance on how your MySQL systems can integrate with your broader data ecosystem.

500+

Global customers

As a global MySQL consulting service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades.

Pythian optimizes performance for Fergus' MySQL database to enhance user experience

When their critical, customer-facing dashboard slowed to a crawl, Fergus needed an expert partner to solve the urgent MySQL performance issue. Our database consultants performed a health check to pinpoint the root cause, then optimized indexes and rewrote key queries, delivering a 152% boost in dashboard load speed and a dramatically better experience for their customers.

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Reduce your operational costs

Save up to 60% in operational costs by partnering with our MySQL DBAs. Instead of hiring a full-time in-house team, you get access to our experts for 24/7 MySQL database management, monitoring, and support—achieving better data management for less.

Improve application performance

Optimize your applications' performance with Pythian's decades of MySQL experience. Our MySQL consultants will quickly identify and solve the root causes of your performance issues, helping you minimize downtime, build resilience into your business, and accelerate your application's performance.

Strengthen security and data availability

Operate without interruptions and protect your business from threats. Our MySQL consultants ensure high data availability, minimizing business disruption and guaranteeing seamless operations, while implementing industry-leading security practices to protect your customers, employees, and data.

Accelerate timelines and innovation

Access to the world's top MySQL consultants gives you the advice you need to make smarter business decisions faster. We become an extension of your team, allowing your business to achieve more milestones in a shorter amount of time while unlocking your data's potential with automation and machine learning.

Fergus enhances user experience with dashboard speed increase

Fergus urgently sought an expert collaborator to tackle their MySQL performance dilemma. Our database specialists conducted a thorough health assessment to uncover the underlying issue, then enhanced indexes and revamped pivotal queries.

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Find and remove any unused and duplicate indexes in MySQL

This technical blog resource, authored by our MySQL consultants and expert database administrators, aims to help you find and remove unused, redundant or duplicate indexes from your MySQL database and enhance the schema and overall performance of the system.

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How to fix an error when MySQL client fails to load a SQL file with Blob data

Our expert MySQL consultants wrote this technical blog article, exploring the best method for fixing an error when the MySQL client fails to load a SQL file containing Blob data. This blog offers valuable insights and practical solutions to overcome this common challenge.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about MySQL consulting services

MySQL consulting is a service designed to enhance the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of your MySQL databases. Our expert MySQL consultants help you fill skills gaps, improve response times, and increase performance for all your MySQL systems to ensure you achieve your desired business outcomes.

MySQL performance tuning is important because slow database performance can directly impact your customer experience, as seen with our client Fergus whose customer dashboard slowed to a crawl. Our database consultants can quickly identify and solve the root causes of performance issues to improve data availability and application performance.

Yes, we provide 24/7 MySQL DBA support. Our teams can become an extension of your team, handling the day-to-day administration and delivering continuous MySQL management, monitoring, and support, 365 days a year.

Yes, our MySQL consultants can help you make the best migration decision for your business, whether you are moving to or from MySQL. We also manage MySQL version upgrades to help you reduce business risk while enabling access to new features for greater efficiency.

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