Aerospike Consulting & Hybrid Memory Optimization

Aerospike offers storage architectures including indexes in memory with record data on SSD, and configurable AP or Strong Consistency (SC) namespaces. Storage, replication, and client policies need to match the workload and installed edition. In an SC namespace, the SESSION read policy provides session-level guarantees; LINEARIZE provides linearizable reads across clients. The selected policy and failure behavior affect latency and availability, so we validate them with your application.

An Aerospike database consultant reviews record sizes, namespace storage, primary and secondary index budgets, client policies, UDFs, and XDR where relevant. The assessment identifies capacity or latency constraints and proposes changes with agreed validation criteria. Sub-millisecond latency can be a workload goal; it is not an outcome promised by the engagement. We record the baseline and compare observations after each approved change.

Yes. Consulting can assess migrations from Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra, and other databases to Aerospike. We review data-model and application changes, namespace sizing, compatibility, and reconciliation checks. The plan defines a rehearsal, an approved cutover window, and rollback conditions. Parallel running or dual writes are evaluated where the application supports them; downtime and correctness requirements must be validated for the specific migration.

XDR asynchronously ships data between Aerospike clusters. Consulting covers topology, data locality, namespace or set selection, filtering, conflict handling, and lag monitoring for the installed version and edition. Recovery tests must account for asynchronous shipping and possible conflicting updates; an SC namespace does not make cross-cluster XDR replication globally linearizable.

Start dates and assessment duration depend on the agreed scope, access, and availability. We confirm them during scoping. Production incident response belongs to the dedicated Support service under your agreement; 24x7 human on-call is available under that agreement. A consulting assessment ends with the written outputs and next steps agreed for the project.

The consulting scope covers hybrid memory sizing, namespace and index budgets, consistency choices, XDR design, and recovery planning. The handover records recommendations, validation results, and remaining risks. Results depend on the workload; we baseline before and measure after each approved change. Recurring operations are separately scoped through the Aerospike Remote DBA service.

Yes. The Aerospike Remote DBA service covers agreed recurring monitoring, administration, maintenance, and capacity reviews. The dedicated Support service handles reactive incident work. Architecture and project recommendations belong to consulting, with an explicit handover to the operations owner. Coverage and initial-response targets are set in the service agreement, and 24x7 human on-call is available under it.

Prepare the server, client, and Tools versions, edition, namespace configuration, record sizes and growth, index definitions, workload and latency observations, XDR metrics, and backup history. We agree access and data handling during scoping. A review can begin from sanitized configuration and telemetry; direct observation uses agreed permissions, without requiring record exports by default.

The agreed assessment produces namespace and index budgets, storage-qualification recommendations, consistency and XDR decisions, a recovery-test plan, and prioritized next steps. Your named owner approves production changes, access, and maintenance windows. Implementation is separately scoped where needed. Handover includes approved settings, validation and rollback criteria, runbooks, open risks, and recurring ownership.