SQL Server Monitoring Week – SQL Diagnostic Manager

Today I begin a week-long series where I will be discussing various SQL Server Monitoring Tools. My primary job is to help people with my consulting workshop Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. While I help the customer with their various SQL Server performance issues, I often see my customers struggle with the monitoring their SQL Server’s health. One of the primary discussion at the end of consultation which we do is what tool is the best for their environment and how it can prevent them to walk into another trouble. Today we will talk about SQL Diagnostic Manager (SQLDM) in brief.

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SQL Server Monitoring Week – Database Performance Analyzer

Today I begin a week-long series where I will be discussing various SQL Server Monitoring Tools. My primary job is to help people with my consulting workshop Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. While I help the customer with their various SQL Server performance issues, I often see my customers struggle with the monitoring their SQL Server’s health. One of the primary discussion at the end of consultation which we do is what tool is the best for their environment and how it can prevent them to walk into another trouble. Today we will talk about Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) in brief.

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Detect and Diagnose SQL Server Performance Issues with Spotlight Cloud

The number one challenge for any DBA with their SQL Server is the performance. Every user wants their applications to run faster. When DBAs and Developers start building an application, it usually runs faster as there is no real workload running over it. Often DBAs and Developers do stress testing with the third party tools or by simulating the workload. However, honestly, when an application goes live, the entire scenario is very much different. It is near impossible to predict the usage pattern and workload distribution in any application once it starts to grow. Today we will discuss how we can detect and diagnose SQL Server Performance Issues with Spotlight Cloud. 

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