2018-12-10T08:29:00Z

What advice do you have for others considering Instana Dynamic APM?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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OM
Real User
Top 20
2024-02-20T10:46:00Z
Feb 20, 2024

Instana proved critical in a troubleshooting scenario where our container faced issues. We were unable to receive requests from other servers. We identified a specific request type causing a surge in resource consumption, leading to the container's stack. Instana helped us with real-time monitoring and resolving the issue. It provides valuable features for our day-to-day operations. We can get different types of records or responses. It is user-friendly in terms of setting alerts. Additionally, we can easily arrange resources and the number of ports for performance monitoring. I utilized Jenkins for integration with the CI/CD pipeline. I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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KS
Real User
Top 5
2023-12-04T15:45:23Z
Dec 4, 2023

Instana Dynamic APM is a cloud-based solution. Instana Dynamic APM is a decent solution for cloud-based containers only. If you have a medium to smaller infrastructure in the cloud, Instana Dynamic APM could probably meet your needs. Since the solution's price is comparable, there are probably better options. Overall, I rate Instana Dynamic APM a six out of ten.

HR
Reseller
Top 20
2023-09-25T07:39:00Z
Sep 25, 2023

My recommendation is to first thoroughly understand your specific needs and determine the level of observability you require for your application. If you seek a comprehensive view, where you can pinpoint issues and errors within the application, especially in the context of its microservices and constant communication, you should define your requirements for availability, stability, and scalability. This holistic approach should encompass both the server and application aspects, ensuring they are finely tuned to work seamlessly together. Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.

RS
Real User
Top 20
2023-06-13T06:27:00Z
Jun 13, 2023

The solution is good. Although, its support team needs to be more responsive. I rate it a seven out of ten.

Alan Thompson - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
Top 10
2023-05-15T09:39:00Z
May 15, 2023

I would trust this solution and recommend you to go with it. It's a very reliable tool. Overall, I would give it a nine out of ten.

Ilya Agayev - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 10
2023-05-11T09:50:25Z
May 11, 2023

I recommend this solution and rate it 10 out of 10.

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Muhammad Jawwad Hassan - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
Top 10
2023-01-25T11:44:27Z
Jan 25, 2023

I recommend the solution because it is a very good product. It is easy to deploy or manage and has a good GUI. I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

JB
Real User
2022-02-23T12:58:39Z
Feb 23, 2022

I would rate it a seven out of 10.

Luis_Jimenez - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-01-30T06:31:00Z
Jan 30, 2022

My advice is to always be specific in where you can deploy and to control what kind of information you need to see. Also, think about the cloud you want to use with Instana because it's not really fast or easy when you have a legacy system. I'd rate this solution seven out of ten.

FG
MSP
2021-02-24T15:03:27Z
Feb 24, 2021

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

SM
Consultant
2020-11-10T15:32:00Z
Nov 10, 2020

The documentation is well done. Spend time reading the documentation and watching videos about Instana before using it. It can really help someone who doesn't know the tool. I can recommend this solution to others. I would rate Instana a seven out of ten.

it_user973680 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
2018-12-10T08:29:00Z
Dec 10, 2018

If you are somebody who is already well-versed with the APM world and who has tried out different tools, you will find Instana quite easy to use. There really wouldn't be a lot of things to learn about it. Go with the SaaS version of Instana and don't bother with the on-premise. Other than that, to configure whatever is being auto-detected by Instana, be sure to check the logs of the agent that is running. If you find anything that the agent is missing, that's stopping it from gathering all the data it can, fix that. If you're using SaaS you don't have worry about disk space. There isn't much else to say because most things are provided out-of-the-box. With New Relic, you have to configure each of the different stacks, the agent, etc. Here, that is not the issue. This is a good tool to implement across the board if you can make it into your images or as part of your configuration management tool. As soon as things come up, new machines are added into the cloud. Your monitoring and APM can also be integrated automatically. Instana has a YouTube channel with small demo videos that show a large number of hosts, once they are launched. It's a good tool. It's worth trying out, for enterprise as well. Apart from our team, I would say about ten people were using it in our organization. Among the customers, it's hard to say. We were the primary users on their behalf. We had just one customer who was a paying Instana customer, and their on-prem was being hosted by us. In our organization, the users were L1, L2, and L3 system administrators. We had senior solutions architect people who could design solutions for customers. We had technical account managers who came through the ranks of the sysadmins but they were able to do managerial as well as technical tasks. The traditional DevOps role wasn't really present in our organization because those people were directly employed by our customers. We were more ops-centric, rather than doing the build-release automation kind of thing. It needs to be properly configured. That part is very important. All the sensors that it's able to use to detect, should be properly configured. Otherwise, it's not very useful. The overhead that comes with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools is one concern that some people have. Instana says that they don't do any deep code profiling, they don't have logic that thinks about when and what to profile. Some competitors like Dynatrace do have that feature. Instana says that since they don't do deep profiling, they don't have the extra overhead that these other tools have. I haven't compared them side by since so I can't say if this is true. Also, application component types of reboots are not really required for Instana, except for the very first time when you install the Instana agent; then, you may have to restart the application server. Whereas that type of reboot is required for a number of other tools, it is not required with Instana. I would rate it a seven out of ten, primarily because some things, like PHP and Python, are not quite as mature as Java. That's the main issue, stability-wise. But if you're on a Java stack, you can go ahead without any issues.

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