Our Approach

Too often, Advisory Services are delivered by "Consultants", people who tell you what you should do, but haven't done it themselves.

Mentora Engineers and DBAs don't just "talk the talk", they "walk the walk" day in and day out supporting our hosting customers. They're seasoned by working with the broad range of technologies we deploy, and have up-to-date skills polished working 24/7 systems management.

They speak n+1, MPLS…and plain English. Our process-driven approaches deliver more value in less time.

Features

• Systems Architecture: High-Availability, Disaster Recovery
• Performance Optimization: Testing, Tuning, Monitoring
• ITIL-Compliant Systems Management and Monitoring using Open Source tools
• LAN/WAN Networking and Security
• Virtualization
• Database Management, specializing in Oracle DB Tuning, Clustering and Replication
• Storage (SAN/NAS) Architecture and Implementation
• Environment Builds, Data Center Relocation and Consolidation
• Infrastructure Project Management We'll provide the type and depth of service you need: from assessment and recommendations to point expertise supplementing your internal team or complete project outsourcing.  Independent assistance from practicing professionals.

Benefits

• Save time and money implementing new technologies: Why ask your team to tackle a one-time installation learning curve? We can implement complex features like Oracle RAC or VMware Clusters in a fraction of the time, then teach your team the best practices for ongoing management.
• Solve critical system performance issues before customer complaints get out of hand: When your team or vendor can't resolve response slowdowns, why watch them struggle with an issue that threatens your business? We deploy a performance troubleshooting team with specific skills in your technology stack, a holistic perspective that considers causes and remediation in all tiers, deep experience in performance tuning and testing, and appreciation of the urgency.
• Reduce risk of downtime or delays in environment builds or relocation: Why develop and execute a one-time implementation or migration plan from scratch? We've been moving customers between data centers – third-party or within our own managed services – for ten years. We know and use the tricks and techniques of networking, storage, data transfer and device configuration that minimize cutover outages and avoid customer complaints.
• Get the most out of your investments: Why risk over- or under-configuring your environment, or choosing equipment that doesn't work optimally for your app? Our architecture design services work from your business and technical requirements and leverage our hands-on experience. We aren't resellers, so we don't have vested interests. We do manage all the major brands, and understand their strengths, weaknesses and value propositions. We can recommend – and in many cases, share customer examples of architecture solutions to fit your needs and stretch the value of your dollars.