Solutions shouldn’t be more complex than necessary

Monitoring without noise

Many monitoring tools provide extensive dashboards, hundreds of metrics and endless charts. Valuable for DBAs — but in practice it often means: watch, interpret and react.

Data Fellows deliberately takes a different approach. We focus on detection and action, not visualisation. Only the signals required to detect risk early are collected. Data is securely analysed and reviewed by engineers.

You don’t need to watch dashboards. We already do.

No tool. Responsibility.

Monitoring tools provide insight. We take responsibility. When deviations occur, we act proactively — often before users notice.

• Non-invasive measurements (no heavy agents)
• Status & performance data that actually matters
• Automated detection + engineer review
• Prevention over explanation

Full visibility when required

We understand enterprise monitoring tools and can integrate with them or provide data to DBA teams when needed. That’s simply not our starting point. The goal is fewer dashboards — because systems are stable.

From symptom to root cause

Performance issues often feel random: timeouts, slow endpoints, CPU spikes or database load. We trace issues back to cause and impact: where it fails, why it fails, and what improvement delivers.

Think: query behaviour, caching, concurrency, IO, external dependencies and async flows.

Optimization driven by metrics

We improve step by step and steer on concrete KPIs: p95/p99 latency, error rates, throughput, queue delays, database waits and resource usage.

• Performance & load profiling (p95/p99, hotspots)
• Database & query optimisation (indexes, plans, waits)
• Caching and rate limiting where it truly helps
• Observability: logging/metrics/tracing that enables action

No rewrite. Real progress.

We prefer working on existing systems: legacy platforms, mature codebases, APIs with history. Not everything needs to be perfect — it simply needs to run predictably.

Result: fewer incidents, stable response times and a backend that’s easier to manage.

SIMPLE WHERE POSSIBLE

Many organisations end up in complex cloud setups: multiple services, networks, scaling rules and hidden dependencies. Technically impressive — operationally fragile.

Port 1433 deliberately takes a different path. We deliver a dedicated database environment designed for production workloads — not marketing features.

Fewer layers. Fewer surprises. More control.

DATABASE AS A SERVICE

We manage the full operational layer: monitoring, maintenance, performance oversight and capacity planning — continuously and quietly in the background.

• 24/7 monitoring & proactive follow-up
• Patching and maintenance management
• Performance and capacity planning
• Backups, recovery strategy and production reliability

PREDICTABLE CLOUD

Hyperscalers provide flexibility — but often introduce variable costs and operational complexity.

Port 1433 is designed for organisations that want one thing: a database that simply runs reliably.

Clear structure. Clear responsibility. Costs known upfront.