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"The most valuable features are disk space projections for planning, and also the Snapshotting ability, to look back in time, to see what was going on the server at a particular time. It's basically the output of an sp_who2.""The ability to go back and look at historical data is the most valuable feature.""Monitors and alerts on our mission critical instances in real-time on a 24/7 basis.""The best part of SQL DM is the ability to customize alerts and counters. This allows our team to find an issue then alert on the issue at a granular level.""Memory and CPU utilization features are good.""We're able to diagnose issues prior to their actually becoming issues. Without the alerting, we wouldn't have a clue as to what was going to happen. With the alerting, it gives us a heads-up that a specific threshold has been met, and we need to take specific action.""SQL DM made troubleshooting much easier and allowed multiple people to look into an issue with confidence."

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"It is easy to track the reports, this is what is most valuable for me.""The most valuable feature is SQL Search."

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"They can improve checking the status of the CPU, memory, and IO utilization from each task.""We don't find that it helps us with performance monitoring and diagnostics. We find that SentryOne does that better. Also, in terms of alerts, we had to customize them dramatically so that we didn't get alerted on every little thing.""One thing I'd like to see is the ability to view the execution plan and have the system automatically recommend potential query optimizations, especially at the query level.""The initial setup gives too many user rights to the server, so you have to put a user that is part administrator's group - that's the preferred way - on each server, which is kind of a risk. You want to do least privilege and you're not doing that.""I'm going to do an upgrade which may resolve my issues, but one area for improvement is its ability to handle the amount of data that we collect with it. We're likely one of the largest installations, with over 300 servers being collected with this product, and sometimes there are gaps. That would really be my only concern, in terms of how the data is collected and stored, for consistency.""It would helpful if SQL DM could mark when changes are made within the program.""I would absolutely love to create customized dashboards but, unfortunately, they don't provide me the information that I need to create the report. The report I need is the detail or the transaction detail that's happening on those Snapshots. I'd like to be able to go back through time and search for things. I don't have that functionality, which is very disappointing. That's pretty bad and frustrating because I could query it and find out so much information about what's hitting my environment and when, but instead, they want control over it and to not give me that information. So it's encrypted. I can't pull it out and that is really bothersome."

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"I would like to see the bandwidth increase allowing me to easily analyze more data.""The biggest problem with the Redgate SQL Toolbelt is just how heavy it is; it seems to take a lot of resources."

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  • "The pricing is reasonable, it's comparable with the competitors."
  • "We were upgraded to Premium Support without their actually asking us, when we were quoted. Then I asked for Standard Support and that they had to re-quote us that. But they don't do that by default. They upcharge you by default, which I didn't think was very nice, without even asking."
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  • "The cost is about $3,500 USD per individual to buy, and then it's about 20% per year for renewal."
  • "Our fees are paid on an annual basis."
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    Top Answer:The ability to go back and look at historical data is the most valuable feature.
    Top Answer:One thing I'd like to see is the ability to view the execution plan and have the system automatically recommend potential query optimizations, especially at the query level. In future releases, I… more »
    Top Answer:We use it mainly for monitoring, including CPU, memory, and disk space, and for troubleshooting purposes.
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    IDERA SQL DM, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager
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    Overview

    SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server helps database administrators to find and fix SQL Server performance problems in physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Unlike its competition, it provides effective scalability, advanced SQL query analysis and optimization, prescriptive analysis with corrective SQL scripts, powerful automated alert responses, broad PowerShell integration, complete customization, and extensive support for current and legacy SQL Server and Windows.

    Redgate's SQL Toolbelt contains the industry-standard products for SQL Server development, deployment, backup, and monitoring. Together, they make you productive, your team agile, and your data safe.

    Thousands of SQL Server professionals rely on the SQL Toolbelt every day, because it’s reliable, easy to use, and plugs in to the tools they already use for application development.

    Sample Customers
    Padnos, University of Notre Dame, D4, Infeon Technologies, Chevron, LC Waikiki, Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, CVE, Colorado State University, St. Charles, Chaucer PLC, 1-800-Flowers, Ancoris, Money Management, National Opinion Research Center, California Department of Health, Plexus; Aviva, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, CBS, Comcast, Google, Merck, Regions Financial, Schneider Electric, Tata Consultancy Services, Verizon Communications, Zurich Financial Services
    Thinger.fi, Churchill College Univeristy of Cambridge, Margin Business Solutions Ltd., 4Penny.net, Sportinginsider.net, Lockheed Martin, Phillip Securities Pte Ltd, Nmbrs
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    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Healthcare Company8%
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    Government11%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Midsize Enterprise42%
    Large Enterprise33%
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    Midsize Enterprise12%
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    IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is ranked 9th in Database Development and Management with 1 review while Redgate SQL Toolbelt is ranked 7th in Database Development and Management. IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is rated 8.0, while Redgate SQL Toolbelt is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server writes " Offers effective monitoring of resources but lacks the ability to connect to an AWS instance and write custom queries". On the other hand, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is most compared with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, Quest Spotlight, Quest Foglight for Databases, SQL Sentry and OpenText Operations Bridge, whereas Redgate SQL Toolbelt is most compared with Quest Spotlight, DBmaestro Database Source Control, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, VMware Postgres and Devart dotConnect.

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