An Easier Way to Do SQL Server Monitoring

Philippines (SANEPR.com) June 05, 2008 -- A look at what has become the preferred backend database solution for most upscale business systems will reveal that the sql server database system has cornered the market in this area. As a natural consequence of being preferred, a huge number of users invest a rather large amount of trust that nothing will go wrong with the system, and, heaven forbid, impede the productivity of the business day. In this aspect, it is therefore the responsibility of the database administrator to make sure that nothing untoward does indeed happen, and this is best achieved by constant vigilance, or
sql server monitoring.

Having the right tools in place will give the dba the benefit of being alerted in the nick of time if something is amiss in the system, and also ample time to do the required measure to correct it. Knowing what the systems feels and is up to is invaluable information to the dba, and this information is often the only thing that can save the system if something does indeed gets caught up in the works. While some issues may not readily worry the end-user, such as a sudden slowdown in queries, the dba should be ready at a moment's notice to see this apparent quirk in the system and sniff out what's causing it, before it leads to a bigger headache.

Fortunately, SQLSolutions has devised a very effective aid for database administrators in their task of sql server monitoring: The SQL Ultimate Performance Monitor. This tool is regarded as an 'install and forget' tool, very well capable of monitoring the server 24/7, record the hourly totals of the most essential sql parameters, store the history of counters and render it into graphs and diagrams that a dba can interpret easily enough.

The SQL Ultimate Performance Monitor can record server physical activity, logical activity, hourly buffer cache hits ratio, and both latch waits and locks. This
sql server monitoring tool even allows the dba to add any custom counters.