For over two decades, as a Database Sales Engineer, I have provided technical demonstrations either in-person, online, or in a recorded format. It takes a particular honed skillset to accurately distill technical information and position solutions in…
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We have all done it. We think we know the lyrics to a song. We sing them passionately….and incorrectly. Here are a few classics.
When you setup monitoring for SQL Server or Oracle, the checkbox to enable SQL PI is off initially. Here's what to do to enable it after setting up a monitoring connection.
From the Databases dashboard, select the instance to enable PI on.
Select…
To compare is to measure, estimate, or make note of two or more “ things’ “ similarities and/or differences. It helps us better understand the items. A versus B. Sometimes it is done to learn which one is ‘better’. Other times, it is to determine those…
Congratulations! You have Foglight installed and it is collecting meaningful performance data. There’s no doubt it is providing a ‘smorgasbord’ of actionable information about your mission-critical environment. Help yourself to delicious servings of baseline…
“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change “- Heraclitus.
Development, new applications, upgrades, patches, maintenance, schema updates…the list goes on and on around ways that changes are introduced into your environment. Sometimes these…
We've all been there, the dreaded ticket that comes across our inbox. Always light on detail, just a single sentence: "The database server is slow." No five words bring as much fear, uncertainty and doubt to a DBA than those (well, maybe…
So you've now taken a look at the architectural differences and enhancements between Performance Analysis and Performance Investigator (if you haven't, check them out here). You've also hopefully been wow'ed by the new and enhanced features that…
