Foglight ships with a rich set of pre-configured rules to alert you when issues arise with your databases. The default action is to put an alarm message on the dashboards within Foglight. Email notifications aren't enabled by default - but it's an ea…

Use Case - Compare the workload activity of two timeframes Most of us have watched software demonstrations where the presenter “saves the best for last”. Is this not a disservice? Everyone’s time is valuable. So, why not have the mo...

RR Episode 09 – Mold Your Replication Strategy with Clay In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, ring in the New Year with fellow colleague Clay Jackson, and discuss various ways that a solid data replication s...

Through database performance tuning and database monitoring opportunities are presented that maximize margins for your business.

Part 3 concludes this series on Foglight and using SQL PI to quickly find, diagnose, and fixed inefficiencies in your database environments. In Part 1, we reviewed workload and poorly performing SQL statements.  In Part 2, we covered the differe...

Part 2 of this series will show you how to tune the queries you found by using Workload Analysis (see Part 1).  Additionally, we'll look at the different 'Context' dimensions to help you quickly focus on the right problem.    2. S...

Database performance issues are a major contributor to the application slowdowns which we all face every day. DBAs, developers and IT professionals have a daunting task of deciphering the large number of factors that contribute to database wait time.…

RR Episode 08 – The Grateful Data, Live and on Tour In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, share their gratitude for being part of the ever-evolving data landscape. www.youtube.com/watch On the go? Listen to t…

In this post, we looked at how to create an alarm template via the Databases dashboard. If you followed the steps outlined, you would've ended up in the Alarm Templates dashboard with a new template. You can also get to Alarm Templates directly from …

With the release of Foglight version 6, alarm management has been simplified with the use of alarm templates. You can access Alarm Templates directly from the left-hand panel in the new UI. However, if you've upgraded from a previous version, it hel…

RR Episode 07 – Is Data Democratization the Key to the Treasure? In this Episode, Quest Senior Consultants, Dave Orlandi and Amit Parikh, have a conversation with colleague Albert Rodriguez about reducing the time-to-value of data and the impo...

Postgres v. 14 snuck up on us and was released about a month ago. The community continues to kill it with advancements in innovation. Have a look at these frighteningly powerful enhancements and additions. JSON:   PostgreSQL 14 now s...