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Self-service databases that cut DBA effort by up to 90%

How Provate replaced a DBA-dependent, manual process with a self-service provisioning platform for a fast-growing ad tech engineering organization.

Overview

Client
Global ad tech platform provider
Industry
Digital advertising technology
Location
United States, with global operations
Engagement
On-demand database provisioning platform

Results at a glance.

40Oracle databases provisioned
80–90%reduction in DBA effort
Self-serviceprovisioning for engineering teams
Paralleldevelopment enabled
The bottleneck, removed.
The DBA bottleneck, removedBefore: requests from every engineering team converged on the DBA team, which provisioned databases one at a time. After: teams use a self-service platform that provisions 40 isolated databases on demand.BeforeEvery request went through the DBA teamEngineering teamsDBAteamThe queueOne ata timeAfterTeams provision their own databasesSelf-service platform40 isolated databases,on demand

The challenge

Business challenges.

The client’s engineering organization was growing fast, and a database model built for a small team couldn’t keep up.

  • Growing engineering teams
  • Shared Oracle environments
  • Manual DBA provisioning
  • Delayed sprint execution
  • Slow database refresh cycles
  • Limited scalability

Executive summary

As the client’s engineering organization scaled, a DBA-managed, shared-database model that once worked well became a bottleneck for parallel development, testing and release delivery. Provate designed and built an automated, self-service Oracle provisioning platform that gives development teams on-demand access to isolated databases while removing the DBA team from the day-to-day request cycle. The result is a standardized, scalable framework that supports 40 on-demand databases and has cut manual DBA effort by an estimated 80 to 90 percent.

The solution

What we built.

An on-demand database provisioning platform that turns provisioning from a DBA-driven task into an automated, self-service process. The automation covers the full lifecycle:

  • Finds and validates the latest successful backup before provisioning starts
  • Generates database configuration automatically
  • Provisions isolated databases on demand for each team
  • Handles post-provisioning setup, such as credentials and environment-specific changes
  • Runs health checks, logs every run for auditing, and notifies teams on success or failure

Built for growth, the platform can add servers and environments with minimal change.

Technology

Database

  • Oracle 19c
  • RAC
  • ASM
  • RMAN
  • Data Guard

Automation

  • Rundeck
  • Bash

Infrastructure

  • Linux
  • NAS

Monitoring & notifications

  • SMTP

Business outcomes

Engineering productivity

  • Eliminated DBA dependency
  • Faster database provisioning
  • Parallel development

Operations

  • Standardized provisioning
  • Reduced manual effort
  • Improved infrastructure utilization

Scalability

  • Support for 40 databases
  • Expansion-ready architecture
  • Reusable automation framework

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