Database administrators (dbas) face increasing pressure to monitor databases

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Database platforms are mature products with powerful capabilities, but they still require regular care to maintain a high level of performance. It’s therefore critical to continually monitor database instances for availability, health, performance and security. This practice generally makes heavy use of automation to handle routine tasks, allowing database administrators (DBAs) to focus on issues requiring human intervention. Database professionals are steadily increasing their use of tools to monitor databases, according to recent surveys.

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Database Administrators (DBAs) Face
Increasing Pressure to Monitor Databases
Database platforms are mature products with powerful capabilities, but they still require regular care
to maintain a high level of performance. It’s therefore critical to continually monitor database instances
for availability, health, performance and security. This practice generally makes heavy use of
automation to handle routine tasks, allowing database administrators (DBAs) to focus on issues
requiring human intervention. Database professionals are steadily increasing their use of tools to
monitor databases, according to recent surveys.

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• Mature and powerful products
• Require high level of performance
• Need regular care
DATABASE
PLATFORMS
STRATEGIC
FACTORS

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• Use in-house or commercial off-
the-shelf tools
• Handle routine tasks
• Allow DBAs to focus on issues
MONITORING
AUTOMATION
STRATEGIC
FACTORS

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• Critical
• Monitor continually
• Check for availability, health,
performance, and security
DATABASE
MONITORING
STRATEGIC
FACTORS

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• Steadily increasing use of tools
• Becoming near-universal practice
• Most DBAs are satisfied with
commercial off-the-shelf tools
MONITORING
TOOLS
STRATEGIC
FACTORS

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• Increasing size and complexity of database estates
• Most enterprises shifting most IT infrastructure to cloud
• Organizations have higher expectations of their databases
KEY DRIVERS

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Increased DBA
Workload
• Responsible for many more
database instances
• Increasing pressure to do
more with less
• Less time to add strategic
value to organizations

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More Hybrid
Environments
• Use both on-premises and
cloud servers
• Use multiple cloud platforms
for different purposes
• Complicate increased burden
on DBAs

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Increased
Workload
from COVID-19
Pandemic
• Monitoring on-premises servers
difficult with remote DBAs
• Increased complexity of remote
data collection and access
• Lay-offs and hiring freezes limit
options to reduce staff shortages

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Growing
Database
Estate Sizes
• Need to continually improve
systems
• Easily swamped when
responding to incidents
• Increases chances of
something going wrong

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• Prevent constantly putting out fires
• Learn about new features and putting
them to use
• Spend more time tuning poorly
performing queries
• Plan implementation of new systems
Benefits of Good
Monitoring Tools
• Provide DBAs and other IT staff with
single interface
• Manage databases both on-
premises and in the cloud
• Issue alerts when problems occur
• Allow team members to identify
causes in minutes rather than hours
Features of Good
Monitoring Tools

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DATABASE MONITORING SUMMARY
The lack of good monitoring tools requires DBAs to constantly put out fires instead of learning
about new features and putting them to use. They’ll also be able to spend more time tuning
queries that are performing poorly and planning the implementation of new systems. The right
monitoring tools provide DBAs and other members of the IT department with a single interface
to monitor all the SQL Server instances they manage, whether they’re on-premises on in the
cloud. They can also issue alerts when problems occur, allowing team members to identify the
cause in minutes, as opposed to the hours this process often requires with manual monitoring.
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