Agricultural Equipment Supplier
Case Study
Overview
Industry: Machinery
Services: Managed Services
A leading supplier of agricultural machinery and farming technology operates across New Zealand and Australia, delivering advanced equipment and services to primary sector businesses.
With no dedicated database administrator and growing data complexity, the organisation identified the need for expert help in stabilising and modernising its SQL Server environment.
Here’s a snapshot of the customer’s journey
The Challenge
When the company approached DataSentinel, it had no formal database administration in place.
The SQL Server environment had expanded organically, resulting in more than 10 unstandardised and fragmented instances – many of them outdated and unsupported.
This fragmentation introduced performance challenges, increased support risk, and drove up licensing and operational costs. The organisation needed a trusted partner to reduce complexity, improve visibility, and align the environment with current best practices.
The Solution
DataSentinel was engaged to assess, restructure, and manage the SQL Server estate.
A detailed review led to a strategic consolidation plan that reduced the number of SQL Servers from 10 to 4 – cutting infrastructure complexity by 60% and lowering costs across licensing, support, and operations.
Configuration standards were applied across the remaining environments, delivering significant gains in system reliability and performance.
To support data analysis and reporting, the company also leveraged on-demand business intelligence support from DataSentinel, removing the need to hire full-time BI staff. The partnership has delivered a more stable, scalable platform for growth.
Key Benefits
Reduced SQL Server footprint by 60%, lowering costs and complexity
Upgraded and standardised environment now aligned with best practices
Improved platform performance and system stability
On-demand BI support to extend in-house capability
A trusted partner providing ongoing database and performance management
The Results
With support from DataSentinel, the organisation moved from an unsupported and fragmented environment to a lean, modern SQL Server platform.
The reduction in server count, combined with performance and configuration improvements, has lowered total cost of ownership and improved reliability.
“DataSentinel transformed our SQL environment. The reduction in complexity and costs has been massive—and the performance gains speak for themselves. Their support model gives us the expertise we need, when we need it”