SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer Reviews

Our customers' main use cases revolve around database monitoring. While many existing tools can handle basic monitoring tasks, more complex scenarios arise in enterprises. In these cases, customers need to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance. This is where a database performance tool like SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer comes into play.

In IT, problems often occur in areas such as applications, web interfaces, or databases. The tool allows users to easily determine the root cause of these issues, whether they stem from the network layer, database layer, or elsewhere.

According to our clients, one of the standout features of SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer is its advanced anomaly detection capabilities. While the tool may not heavily emphasize AI or ML, its advanced analytics and machine learning functionalities monitor extremely well. 

One area where the tool could improve is by adding support for additional databases. For instance, supporting newer databases like Couchbase or MongoDB would be beneficial. 

I have been using the product for four years. 

I would rate the tool's stability as eight or nine out of ten. 

While the tool performs exceptionally well for small and medium-sized enterprises, there may be scalability issues for very large enterprises. Scalability could be improved, particularly in accommodating more servers and databases. Currently, there may be challenges with scalability, requiring the addition of multiple instances to address these limitations. My company has six to eight customers. 

The technical support has been excellent. We've had a great relationship with the support team; they've been very proactive. Whenever we needed assistance, they responded within 24 hours. 

The solution's deployment is of medium complexity. It can be completed in a few weeks. 

Customers need to pay for the subscription-based license annually.

My recommendation would be to explore SolarWinds SAM for database monitoring. SolarWinds SAM can handle alerts and cover various aspects like server, application, and database monitoring. However, if there are specific metrics or use cases that SolarWinds SAM cannot address, consider looking into SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer. 

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten. Databases are critical for large enterprises, and customer satisfaction is paramount, particularly for such businesses. Implementing tools like the product is essential to mitigate any potential dissatisfaction. It allows database administrators to address issues before customers even notice problems such as lag.

Ability to drill down queries, and wait times using the Query Advice Dashboard.

We have multiple applications interfacing with our SQL servers, this allowed us to load balance between servers based on performance data gathered about all applications. I love the ability to very easily see graphical trends.

2 years approximately, we started with a small number of SQL servers, now we have added Oracle Enterprise servers. We compared with our existing Foglight solutions and our DBA opted for migrating to SolarWinds.

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Has been good, but for this product, we have not had any issues requiring assistance. Very easy to implement and use.

We migrated from Foglight, we were already vested in SolarWinds products, we really switched because it removed complexity and still gave great analysis.

Straightforward. Was very impressed.

In House.

We find that the price to value ratio is very good. Much less expensive than other products we were considering.

We use this tool constantly, all new projects with new SQL Servers now require a license for SolarWinds DB Analyzer in order to meet high standards of operation.

In my previous company, I was using this solution to implement monitoring callbacks. 

Currently, I work for a system integrator and I am implementing DPAs for some of our clients.

We have an on-premises deployment.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the support for older databases and the ability to manage them in a centralized dashboard. For example, I can see my SQL servers and DB2 servers on one dashboard.

The alerting and reporting functions really need to be improved because they are hard to configure. This is not just an issue for customers. Specialty monitoring is difficult. The reports and alerts should be easier to create.

The dashboards and reports should be more customizable.

The dashboard has become easier to use with the Orion integration, but it still needs improvement.

Technical support for this solution needs to be improved.

I have had some issues with scalability for the Orion interface.

There are two user interfaces for this solution, which are the Orion platform and the DPA. The DPA is quite stable, but the Orion is not so much.

I do not have experience with scaling this product a great deal, although I think that it will be enough for mid-size or large-size companies. At the same time, I don't think it will be used by ISPs or much bigger companies.

I do not think that SolarWinds support is very good because it just takes too long to solve the problem. Eventually, they attempt to solve your issues, one way or another, but it takes too long for the support.

I have knowledge of other solutions, but I did not use another one prior to this.

This solution is very easy to set up.

The deployment normally takes three or four days. This is enough to monitor all of the databases. However, creating reports and dashboards takes much more time than that.

I am the person who implements and deploys this solution for our customers. One it is deployed, the customers can use it easily.

My advice for anybody who is implementing this solution is not to use the default reports. DPA gives very detailed information with customer reports. If you have time to investigate then you will find many good examples of reports and dashboards online.

The solution is quite ready to use as soon as you install it, although there are a lot of custom things that can be implemented.

Overall, this is a good solution but it needs easier reporting and more customizable dashboards. Also, scalability for the Orion sites needs to be improved.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.