Compare SB Data Generator и SQL Diagnostic Manager

Benefits:

Easy to use and the company really supports it users

Drawbacks:

Haven't found any yet. Product seems to do what I purchased it for.

Summary:

Great!

Benefits:

Using SQL Diagnostic Manager, reducing business impact, the ideal tool for monitoring the physical and virtual database, proactive notification bri... Read more

Using SQL Diagnostic Manager, reducing business impact, the ideal tool for monitoring the physical and virtual database, proactive notification brings you health and performance issues on the device you use, in my desktop case.

Drawbacks:

Only software adjustment for start-up, if you need support, can have a headache.

Summary:

Benefits:

The software is simple to install and configure. Out of the box, you run the installer, add your licenses and apply the default template to start ... Read more

The software is simple to install and configure. Out of the box, you run the installer, add your licenses and apply the default template to start monitoring your SQL instances. You can then create custom monitoring templates that you can apply to specific instances and really narrow down on those things that are of the most important to you. The product supports physical and virtual instances of SQL and I've used it with SQL 2008 through to SQL 2017. You can even monitor the virtual hosts resources via their integration. The realtime capturing of queries, plans, and deadlocks is excellent. In the event of an issue, you can narrow down to a specific point in time and focus on those things impacting your SQL instance. You can see the queries that were running, the locks that were being held and so much more. This feature has saved me on more than one occasion. The dashboard provides you with a really useful visual reference that you can leave running on a dedicated screen. You get regularly updated statistics about how your server is performing. In combination with the desktop warnings, you can react quickly to any developing issues.

Drawbacks:

As with most off the shelf software, SQL diagnostic Manager is most things you need in most cases. It does come with a default template that you c... Read more

As with most off the shelf software, SQL diagnostic Manager is most things you need in most cases. It does come with a default template that you can use. Be prepared though for some fine-tuning as you get more familiar with how the software works. I've had one issue with the software since purchase. I didn't find their Tier 1 support to be very good but once escalated my issue was resolved.

Summary:

Overall, this is an excellent product and my experience with it has been very positive. The product offers real-time, meaningful insights into how... Read more

Overall, this is an excellent product and my experience with it has been very positive. The product offers real-time, meaningful insights into how your SQL instances are performing and behaving. These insights are essential in any enterprise and critical if you want to respond in a timely manner to emerging problems. Being able to go back in time and investigate situational issues is also a godsend.

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We have been using this tool since more than an year now... Have found following pros and cons: Pros: Gives you index fragmentation, table gro... Read more

We have been using this tool since more than an year now... Have found following pros and cons: Pros: Gives you index fragmentation, table growth , table size growth info and saves u lot of time We also use it for monitoring deadlocks or adhoc queries locking up our system. Cons: Not user friendly at all Takes lot longer to load up and start showing the graphs Half the time it times out and says no data to show.. Had issues receiving alerts which we set up User manual doesn't give complete description of metrics Overall the experience was not as smooth as we thought..

Benefits:

I have been using the diag tool for past few years now and I completely satisfy with the in-depth and detail metrics it has to keep track of all th... Read more

I have been using the diag tool for past few years now and I completely satisfy with the in-depth and detail metrics it has to keep track of all the events happening on SQL server which other wise we have to either do it thorough extended event or trace. it helps me detect the problem before the user reports it and help us to stay proactive and recover quickly if any failure.

Drawbacks:

its hard to tell what I don't like about this software.

Summary:

it was times when server was down, database is offline, jobs are timing out any issue i was able to find the root cause in the tool and was able to... Read more

it was times when server was down, database is offline, jobs are timing out any issue i was able to find the root cause in the tool and was able to fix it and this is something very useful for business to recover quick in case of failure.