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SQL Server Performance Consulting

Choose a focused engagement or ongoing hours, valid for 12 months

How consulting works

You have a SQL Server performance problem and you need someone who's done this before. I offer focused engagements at different scales depending on what you need:

Something specific is broken? Start with a Performance Investigation ($3,000) — targeted diagnosis of one concrete issue.

Want a broader picture? The Comprehensive Performance Review ($5,000) looks at your entire environment for systemic risks.

Need ongoing hands-on help? Hour blocks range from 10 to 100 hours depending on scope.

$3,000

SQL Server Performance Investigation

Coaching session

For when a specific SQL Server performance problem is blocking progress and you don’t have time to experiment. This is a targeted investigation into one concrete issue: timeouts, blocking, runaway CPU, or bad plans, to find the actual cause fast. The goal is answers you can act on immediately, not broad recommendations. You'll get a written report with the root cause and specific fixes, typically within 1–2 days.

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$5,000

Comprehensive SQL Server Performance Review

Coaching session

For teams who want fewer performance surprises over time. This is a broad review of your SQL Server environment to identify systemic risks, concurrency pressure points, and fragile patterns. The goal is to understand how your workload behaves today—and which problems are likely to surface next—so you can act before they become incidents. Delivered as a written report with recommendations and code, within 2–3 days.

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$2,500/mo

Monthly SQL Server Performance Retainer

Coaching session

For teams tired of guessing what to tune next. This retainer gives you ongoing senior SQL Server performance judgment: what matters, what doesn’t, and what to ignore. Monthly review, live access, async help, and emergency backup—so performance work stops being reactive, random, or random luck. Includes monthly written reviews, async email support, live sessions as needed, and emergency priority

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$5,999

20 Hours SQL Server Performance Consulting

Coaching session

This is the smallest block that works like part-time senior SQL Server help. It allows for hands-on tuning, iteration, validation, and course correction across multiple issues. Best if you already know performance work is needed but don’t want a one-off engagement.

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$9,999

40 Hours SQL Server Performance Consulting

Coaching session

For teams that want sustained hands-on SQL Server performance work. This supports deeper tuning, refactoring, repeated testing, and collaboration over time. Ideal when performance work competes with internal priorities and needs dedicated senior attention.

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$19,999

100 Hours SQL Server Performance Consulting

Coaching session

For long-running initiatives or teams that want sustained senior involvement across performance, architecture, and delivery. This is not exploratory work—it’s a commitment to ongoing execution with priority access.

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