[Solution Review] A Paradigm Shift in SQL Performance Optimization with AI: Openmade Consulting’s ‘Query Medic’
“Moving beyond the limitations of manpower-centric tuning to eliminate ‘blind spots’ in database operations.”
[IT Daily] The Korean industrial sector is currently facing a massive turning point with the popularization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its integration into overall business operations. While companies are rushing to expand their AI infrastructure to gain a competitive edge, this has paradoxically led to shortages and skyrocketing prices of core chips, acting as a risk that increases the cost of innovation investment.
Currently, companies are facing a complex crisis combined with the external pressure of "Infrastructure Inflation," a burdensome environment caused by surging transaction volumes and data, and internal limitations of manpower-dependent SQL performance optimization.
The traditional SQL performance management method, which relies solely on skilled experts, leaves 95% of all SQLs in a management blind spot. Combined with skyrocketing costs, this acts as a "time bomb for DB failures" that could explode at any moment. Therefore, to overcome the twin challenges of indiscriminate server expansion and human limitations, a strategy to secure system stability and reduce operating costs through rapid and broad AI-driven SQL performance optimization is more urgent than ever.
According to a recent report by Openmade Consulting, companies are in a complex crisis situation where hardware supply-demand imbalances and the End of Support (EOS) for commercial databases coincide. Here, we analyze how 'Query Medic,' an AI-based SQL auto-tuning solution, serves as a breakthrough for this crisis.
2026 AI Infrastructure Inflation and Complex Crisis of DB Environment

One of the fundamental reasons performance bottlenecks persist despite companies investing huge budgets into infrastructure is that SQL optimization, the core of applications, has not been prioritized. The current IT environment faces crises on three levels:
① AI Server Expansion Competition & Hardware Imbalance: The rapid expansion of the global AI server market is causing a surge in demand for GPUs and HBM3E. Consequently, with DRAM prices projected to rise by more than 40% year-on-year, companies trying to expand servers to secure AI leadership are facing immense cost-upward pressure. ② Operational Risk Due to DB End of Support (EOS): As support for major commercial databases ends, system upgrades are becoming essential. However, due to the explosive growth of data, existing SQL performance is hitting its limits, slowing down overall systems and leading to critical management risks where "performance degradation equals service interruption." |