Database Administration Services
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The OIT Database Team provides database administration services to campus clients for Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle on a recharge basis.
Services Offered
DBA services include managing either:
- a dedicated database server
- managing one or more individual databases hosted on a DBA Team supported server
Production and Development Environments
We recommend that clients contract for both production and development environments to ensure that thorough testing can occur for application changes, operating systems, and database patches.
Operational Level Agreements
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Database Recharge Costs for SQL Server Database Administration
Note: A prorated monthly rate is available in case partial year services are needed.
Per Database Charge for Residing on Shared SQL Server Database running SQL 2012 and SQL 2016
| Labor price per year – applies to development or production databases. | $509.71 |
| Hosted on VM servers in OITDC running Windows 2012 or Windows 2016 | Yes |
| Backups Provided (daily backups retained for 5 weeks, monthly backups retained for 13 months) | Yes |
| Monthly Post Windows Patching validation of SQL Server by DBA Team | Yes |
| Standard Edition License (applies to first year only on production host – or upon version upgrade) No encryption of data | $189.43 |
| Enterprise Edition License (applies to first year only on production host – or upon version upgrade) Transparent Data Encryption of PII data as requested by client | $726.57 |
Dedicated SQL Server DBA Support SQL 2012 or SQL 2016
| Labor price per year – applies to development or production servers | $3568.00 |
| Hosted on VM servers in OITDC running Windows 2012 or Windows 2016 | Yes |
| Backups Provided (daily backups retained for 5 weeks, monthly for 13 months) | Yes |
| Monthly Post Windows Patching validation of SQL Server by DBA Team | Yes |
| SQL Server Patching | Yes |
| Standard Edition License (applies to first year only on production host) No encryption of data | $1326.00 |
| Enterprise Edition License (applies to first year only on production host) Transparent Data Encryption of PII data as requested by client | $5086.00 |
Database Recharge Costs for MySQL Server Database Administration
Per Database Charge for Residing on Shared SQL Server Database running SQL 2012 or SQL 2016
| Price per year – applies to development or production databases. | $1,037.71 |
| Hosted on VM servers in OITDC running Oracle Linux | Yes |
| Backups Provided (daily backups retained for 5 weeks, monthly backups retained for 13 months) | Yes |
| Post Linux Patching Validation of MySQL | Yes |
| MySQL Server Patching/Upgrades | Yes |
| Enterprise Edition License (annual fee) Transparent Data Encryption of PII data as requested by client | $642.86 |
Dedicated MySQL Server DBA Support 5.6 or 5.7
| Price per year – applies to development or production servers | $7,264.00 |
| Hosted on VM servers in OITDC running Oracle Linux | Yes |
| Backups Provided (daily backups retained for 5 weeks, monthly backups for 13 months) | Yes |
| Post Linux Patching Validation of MySQL | Yes |
| MySQL Server Patching/Upgrades | Yes |
| Enterprise Edition MySQL License (annual fee) Transparent Data Encryption of PII data as requested by client | $4,500.00 |