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REG: Monitering Tools

  • January 23, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    #267693

    Hi Friends,

    Which is the best monitoring tool for monitoring the Sql Server 2008 R2

    If possible can any one send the links of those monitoring tools for analyzing

    Thank You

  • January 23, 2013 at 11:01 pm

    #1580354

    there are couple of good tools provided by redgate http://www.red-gate.com/products/dba/ (Disclaimer: i am not paid by redgate for this 😀 ).

    i have used spotlight too , and found is quite handy

    -------Bhuvnesh----------
    I work only to learn Sql Server...though my company pays me for getting their stuff done;-)

  • January 24, 2013 at 12:34 am

    #1580381

    Thanks for your reply. Any one having working experience in solar winds (monitering tool)

  • January 24, 2013 at 1:47 am

    #1580409

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1410348-391-1.aspx

    While Solarwinds now does application monitoring, it will be up to you to investigate if it does what you need it to do.

    I would seriously recommend, getting trial editions of software, like SQL Monitor from Red-Gate, Spotlight or Foglight from Quest (now Dell), SQL Sentry, Solarwinds, sure there are many more, cant rattle them off the top of my head. Install them, configure them and evaluate which one meets your needs and your companies needs.

    As detailed on your original post, when I did the above task, Solarwinds wasn't mature enough as a product for application monitoring, while the website sure does speek the lingo that it now is, I would still need to re-evaluate it, and I would still probably dismiss it as I am sure dedicated companies like Red-Gate and Quest who have many years expereince with RDBMS monitoring software have already thought of it and done it in a previous version.

    But with the current economic situation, I guess you are limited on cost, so you will need to also factor that into your evalutations.

  • January 24, 2013 at 5:07 am

    #1580485

    What about SCOM

  • January 24, 2013 at 5:09 am

    #1580486

    Ruled that out as well, the management pack at the time didnt do everything we needed.

    Again get a copy install it, configure it, evaluate it, if it does what you want great, if not leave it behind.

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