Which SQL Monitoring Software to use / Reviews?

• GRE (Gethyn Ellis)

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  July 24, 2009 at 11:33 am

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  sql_lock (7/24/2009)

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  gregory.hill (7/24/2009)

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  I work for a company called SQLAlert that produces a lightweight monitoring product of the same name. The product runs stand-alone on one-or-more servers with load balancing and failover. You can download a desktop verion for free that has MOST of the features.

  http://www.SQLAlert.com

  $0.02

  Greg

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  Website not pretty in Mozilla 😉

  Yeah same for me too...

  Gethyn Elliswww.gethynellis.com

• gregory.hill

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  July 24, 2009 at 11:41 am

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  Duly noted. I’ll have my web programmer take a look. The product is still worth a try.

  Greg

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• sqlrumble

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  August 5, 2009 at 2:42 am

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  Hello All,

  Just to give you an update.

  After reviewing the products, the 2 runners are Idera and SQL Sentry. I've had a demonstration of both products. Idera is a good product but SQL Sentry I have to say is excellent.

  I apprieciate the comments about reporting, but have been told by them that they are currently working on a new version which will include more reporting and will included fragmention checks too amongst other improvements.

  Time to do some proper testing now. Shall update you again shortly.

  Thanks Again.

  🙂

• TheRedneckDBA

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  August 5, 2009 at 7:10 am

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  I've used Idera products in the past. They tend to be OK, but not great, and in my opinion VERY over-priced. But my biggest gripe is that their support has left a lot to be desired, often taking weeks for them to troubleshoot and find answers to problems that we have had. Probably not that big of a deal for the Monitoring software as it is for the ComplianceManager and SQLSafe I've used in the past, but something to keep in mind.

  The Redneck DBA

• ChrisTaylor

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  August 5, 2009 at 7:35 am

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  i've had the very opposite experience with SQLSentry. Any questions or issues we've had have been responded to and answered within a few days..........could be that our issues were easily fixable and yours wasn't?

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