AppDynamics vs SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

• Giving a network map of our application that shows where slowdowns are occurring and where network traffic is running into a bottleneck.
• We are able to gather node-specific information that shows the number of sessions a web server or even Redis session statistics.
• We use AppDynamics to give a holistic view of our application allowing us to quickly narrow in on problems.

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• Top N SQL queries.
• Outstanding UI for rapid examination and drill down to detail data.
• Intuitive UI design - better than any other product in its category.
• Enabled us to immediately shift DB related performance matters first to developers so that our DBA's can focus on more important matters.

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• Price of the AppDynamics is high. But it has many valuable features. This makes it difficult for small businesses to enter.
• Functionality is overkill for most small to midsize businesses (SMBs). When stacking up product units, it can get pricey for enterprises as well.
• With fine granular configs and customizations available, it will also mean that it is very complicated and requires a certain amount of knowledge before we can make full use of all features in the product. Much careful thought and planning is required to get the most of it. Set-up will be longer. One recommendation is for features to be better documented.

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• Resiliency of the Monitoring checks after the server underwent maintenance reboot. My experience is the monitor (Action) needs to be started manually. If possible it can automatically detect service/server then start to monitor again when system is back up.
• Much lighter UI.
• Granularity up to minutes.

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• AppDynamics isn't cheap, but it definitely helps to ensure our applications and APIs are up and running without issue. The alerting is usually good but occasionally mixed, for example sometimes flagging a single error as a critical issue since the API is usually completely error free.
• The cost saving in terms of trouble shooting and analyzing issues in production is fantastic - to know about issues before they are reported by customers enables you to be proactive in resolving them and ensuring maximum up time for our applications.

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• DPA allows our DBA to be more agile and find solutions to SQL problems faster. This results in better service to our end users, and better performance on the EHR system to our providers, allowing them to complete chart service for a patient much faster.

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