KineticSkunk helps teams assess, migrate, build, protect, optimise and operate MariaDB on AWS, and run self-managed MariaDB on Azure.
Professional services establish the platform and operating controls; managed operations keep it secure, recoverable, observable and maintained.
KineticSkunk is a MariaDB partner focused on MariaDB workloads running on AWS. The relationship adds database-platform capability to the AWS environments we design, migrate, transition and operate.
Our MariaDB relationship supports customer conversations around MariaDB platform design, migration, implementation and ongoing operations.
Database-platform conversations start from a recognised MariaDB relationship.
MariaDB is treated as part of the AWS platform it depends on: compute, storage, networking, security, recovery and observability are considered together.
The database is engineered alongside the AWS foundation it runs on, not in isolation.
Professional services can solve the immediate database-platform requirement and establish the controls needed for ongoing managed operations.
Focused platform work leads into recurring managed operations when ongoing ownership is required.
A production database does not operate in isolation. Availability depends on infrastructure, security, recovery, observability and clear operational ownership. We engineer MariaDB in that wider AWS context.
Compute, storage, networking, identity and security provide the foundation the database depends on.
MariaDB provides the relational data platform, configured around the workload's availability, recovery and operating requirements.
Monitoring, backup, recovery, lifecycle, security, capacity and incident management become recurring operational responsibilities.
KineticSkunk engineers and operates MariaDB and the AWS environment around it.
Some responsibilities are coordinated with the customer's teams.
Application teams continue to own the application and its data design. Where application SQL or schema behaviour creates a platform issue, KineticSkunk may identify and evidence the issue, and remediation requiring application or database development remains with the customer's development team.
Start with the database-platform responsibility that needs attention. Each engagement can solve a focused problem and establish the controls required for ongoing managed operations.
Understand the architecture, risks and operating gaps before changing the platform.
Review the MariaDB workload in the context of its AWS environment.
Explore AWS Database SolutionsMove MariaDB onto AWS or improve an existing MariaDB-on-AWS platform.
Scope may include the discovery, planning and transition work needed to land the database safely.
Explore AWS Database SolutionsEngineer the AWS and MariaDB platform around production requirements.
Scope may include the infrastructure, configuration and security controls the workload depends on.
Explore AWS Database SolutionsMake database recovery part of the wider AWS recovery model.
The proposition stays about tested recovery and operating confidence, rather than merely enabling backup features.
Explore AWS Data Protection & RecoveryMake platform behaviour visible and keep resources aligned to workload demand.
The focus is platform-level signals and resource decisions, not application change.
Explore AWS Database SolutionsMove agreed database-platform responsibilities into ongoing managed operations.
This is the destination for recurring database-platform ownership, where agreed responsibilities become a continuing service rather than a one-off project.
Explore AWS Managed PlatformMariaDB is engineered and operated alongside the cloud disciplines it depends on, on AWS and on Azure. These are the connected solutions.
Where MariaDB work belongs on AWS
Assess, migrate, engineer and operate MariaDB as part of the AWS platform.
Where MariaDB work belongs on Azure
Assess, migrate, engineer and operate self-managed MariaDB as part of the Azure platform.
One managed operating relationship
Move ongoing MariaDB and AWS operating responsibilities into one managed relationship.
Recurring MariaDB ownership on Azure
Move ongoing MariaDB and Azure operating responsibilities into Managed Azure Platform Operations.
Recovery you can evidence
Connect database backup and restoration to the wider AWS recovery architecture and recovery-evidence model.
Cost visible as demand changes
Keep database infrastructure sizing and AWS resource cost visible as workload demand changes.
Whether MariaDB is already running on AWS, being moved or built on AWS, or running self-managed on Azure, professional services establish the platform and operating controls, and managed operations keep it ready.
Stabilise and establish operational control.
Review architecture, configuration, availability, recovery, security, observability and ownership.
Known platform condition
Separate immediate platform risks from planned improvements.
Prioritised operating plan
Address the agreed availability, security, recovery, monitoring and lifecycle requirements.
Agreed risks addressed
Put monitoring, recovery routines, runbooks, ownership and escalation paths in place.
Operational controls in place
Move the agreed recurring responsibilities into the KineticSkunk operating model.
Managed MariaDB on AWS
Design operations into the platform from the beginning.
Understand availability, recovery, security, capacity and operating expectations.
Clear workload requirements
Define the AWS and MariaDB architecture required to support them.
Target platform design
Implement the platform and execute the agreed migration or deployment plan.
Platform built or migrated
Verify monitoring, backup, recovery, security and operational procedures.
Production readiness verified
Move agreed database-platform responsibilities into recurring service ownership.
Managed MariaDB on AWS
Engineer and operate self-managed MariaDB on Azure infrastructure.
Review an existing self-managed MariaDB on Azure, or define the workload requirements for a move onto Azure, including migration off the retired Azure Database for MariaDB service where relevant.
Known condition or clear requirements
Define the Azure Virtual Machines, managed disks, networking and security model for self-managed MariaDB.
Target Azure platform design
Implement the Azure platform and execute the agreed migration or deployment plan.
Platform built or migrated
Verify monitoring, backup, recovery, security and operational procedures on Azure.
Production readiness verified
Move agreed database-platform responsibilities into Managed Azure Platform Operations.
Managed MariaDB on Azure
Whether MariaDB is already running on AWS or Azure, needs to move, or is being introduced into a new platform, start with the operating outcome that needs attention.
