Managing hybrid environments across clouds, domains, and database platforms presents significant challenges in observability, scalability, and maintaining estate health. In this session, Peter Birch from Markel shares real-world insights in managing large database estates and its challenges, detailing how they leveraged Redgate Monitor to ensure visibility, optimize performance, and mitigate risks. Learn how to navigate the demands of hybrid infrastructure and cloud migrations, implement best practices for observability at scale, and overcome pitfalls in managing a diverse database estate.
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Peter Birch is an experienced Database Services Manager with 25 years in the IT industry, currently leading a global team at Markel International. With extensive experience as a Database Administrator, he has worked across multiple database vendors and types. Peter excels in managing high availability, high transactional, large, and fast changing data estates. Skilled in tackling modern data management challenges, he has successfully overseen insourcing and outsourcing transitions and led database platform migrations to Azure and AWS.
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