Great performance tool for the experienced DBA
July 28, 2021
Great performance tool for the experienced DBA
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds SQL Sentry
Our organization is using SQL Sentry to monitor a group of high-profile SQL Servers for performance problems. The DBA team relies on this tool to quickly resolve performance issues -- sometimes before the users even notice something is wrong. It also helps with long-term capacity planning by giving us historical trends of many useful metrics.
- The performance dashboards are very useful and help bring attention directly to the problem areas.
- The alerting system is extremely customizable,, so you don't get peppered with a bunch of useless alerts that make you blind to real action-worthy alerts.
- The reporting is powerful enough to provide exactly what you need to see trends over time.
- The alert customization is powerful, but can be cumbersome to set up.
- There is so much information on the screen at any given time that without some practice it can be overwhelming.
Do you think SolarWinds SQL Sentry delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with SolarWinds SQL Sentry's feature set?
Yes
Did SolarWinds SQL Sentry live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of SolarWinds SQL Sentry go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy SolarWinds SQL Sentry again?
Yes
SQL Sentry has a LOT more information in it than the SolarWinds DPA product. Its reporting tool isn't as good either.
The IDERA product isn't as reliable as SQL Sentry and its reporting isn't nearly as good. The IDERA UI is a resource hog and isn't as intuitive.
The IDERA product isn't as reliable as SQL Sentry and its reporting isn't nearly as good. The IDERA UI is a resource hog and isn't as intuitive.