Slow systems
Applications and reports are taking too long, timing out, or getting worse under load.
Senior database help without the runaround
Your database problems stop here.
When systems are slow, jobs fail, applications cannot connect, or every vendor points somewhere else, we find the real cause and help you get stable again.
Microsoft SQL Server specialist · MySQL and PostgreSQL guidance · Remote support nationwide
30+ years in ITHands-on database, application, server, and infrastructure experience
Direct access to expertiseNo tiers of help-desk escalation between you and the person doing the work
Database plus systemsProblems do not always stop at the database boundary
Bring the symptoms
You do not need to know which layer is broken.
A database symptom can originate in a query, a server, storage, permissions, DNS, the network, or the application itself. We follow the evidence until the actual failure is understood.
Failed automation
SQL Agent jobs, ETL processes, or SSIS packages stopped working without a clear explanation.
Connection failures
Users or applications cannot reach the database—or can reach it only sometimes.
Replication trouble
Subscriptions are behind, stopped, inconsistent, or refusing to synchronize.
Recovery uncertainty
Backups appear to run, but nobody is confident the business can actually restore.
Vendor finger-pointing
The application vendor blames SQL, SQL blames the network, and the problem remains.
Meet the owner
Experienced judgment, explained clearly.
Owner Darin Pantekoek brings more than three decades of practical IT experience to DLP Data Solutions. He leads client work, brings in trusted specialists when a project benefits from added capacity, and remains accountable for the result.
“The goal is not to pass the problem to another vendor. The goal is to understand what is really happening and fix it.”
- Patient, direct communication with technical and nontechnical teams
- Root-cause work that crosses database and infrastructure boundaries
- Practical recommendations sized to the client's real needs
Ways to work together
Buy the help you need - not a prescribed engagement.
Start with an urgent problem, a defined review, a project, or ongoing coverage.
Database troubleshooting
Diagnose failures, connectivity, blocking, failed jobs, replication, SSIS, permissions, and application/database interactions.
See troubleshooting support →Database health check
Review backup and restore readiness, integrity, jobs, configuration, security, storage, growth, and emerging performance risks.
See the health check →Performance, migration, and modernization
Tune the environment, plan upgrades, consolidate systems, and move workloads with attention to dependencies and recovery.
Explore project work →Fractional DBA support
Experienced database coverage for organizations that depend on data but do not need a full-time database administrator.
Explore ongoing support →Representative experience
Real systems. Real dependencies. Real fixes.
Restoring synchronization
Diagnosed failed SQL Server subscriptions and the surrounding job and distributor issues needed to restore data flow.
Tracing SSIS failures
Followed execution errors through connections, permissions, SQL objects, and package behavior instead of treating the first error as the root cause.
Moving ten servers to AWS
Migrated a ten-server environment, including SQL Server, to AWS EC2 while accounting for Windows and application dependencies.
Preventive review
Are the backups actually recoverable?
A focused health check turns unknown database risk into a prioritized action list.
Useful before you call
Database insights without the filler.
Practical explanations drawn from the failures and decisions that matter in real environments.
Your backup is not a recovery plan until you test the restore
What a successful job history does—and does not—prove.
Read the article →When the database problem is really somewhere else
How DNS, identity, storage, networks, and applications create database symptoms.
Read the article →Seven signs you need a fractional DBA
Recognize the operational gaps before they become an outage.
Read the article →Start with the symptoms
Tell us what is happening.
You do not need a polished technical diagnosis. Describe what changed, what is failing, and how it is affecting the business. We will determine the right starting point and whether we can help.
Describe your problem →
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