SolarWinds Database Observability Reviews & Product Details

Database Observability is a type of monitoring solution designed to help users maintain optimal performance of their databases by providing insights into their operational health. This solution is tailored for database teams who require a robust tool to monitor, diagnose, and optimize their database systems, ensuring they function efficiently across various environments, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Targeted primarily at database administrators, DevOps teams, and IT professionals, Database Observability addresses the critical need for real-time insights into database performance. Its capabilities are essential for organizations that rely heavily on data-driven decision-making and require their databases to operate without interruption. With the increasing complexity of database environments, including hybrid setups that combine on-premises and cloud resources, the need for a comprehensive observability solution has never been more pressing. The key features of Database Observability include the ability to monitor key performance metrics, which allows users to track the health of their databases continuously. By detecting early warning signs of potential issues, teams can proactively address problems before they escalate into more significant disruptions. This feature is crucial for maintaining service availability and ensuring that end-users experience minimal downtime. In addition to monitoring, the solution offers diagnostic capabilities that enable users to rapidly identify and resolve performance challenges, such as slow queries and resource bottlenecks. This functionality is vital for maintaining optimal performance levels and ensuring that databases can handle increasing workloads efficiently. Furthermore, the optimization features allow users to fine-tune their database performance through query optimization, effective indexing strategies, and better resource utilization, ultimately leading to greater scalability. One of the standout aspects of Database Observability is its ability to provide a unified view of databases across various environments. This cross-environment visibility ensures that database teams can manage their systems effectively, regardless of where they are hosted. By consolidating insights into a single platform, users can streamline their monitoring processes and enhance their overall operational efficiency, making Database Observability a critical tool for modern database management.

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SolarWinds Worldwide LLC

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Pricing provided by SolarWinds Database Observability.

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer for virtualized environments or SQL Sentry license per instance

$1,399.00

Per Year

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SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Cross-platform Database Home Page

Single-pane-of-class visualization of your cloud and on-premise databases.

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Database Instance Monitoring

DPA can monitor database instances you manage on both physical and virtual servers or Amazon RDS instances hosted in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Table, Query, Index Advisors

Query advisors provide information to help you improve the performance of a specific query, including what type of waits were responsible for significant wait time, whether the statement was blocked by other sessions, and whether execution plans include potentially expensive steps such as full ta...

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Database Instance Resources

Use the resource metrics in DPA to monitor the health of your database and to correlate contention for resources with increases in database wait times

SolarWinds Database Observability Demo - Response Time Analysis

DPA graphically shows you where the longest wait times are, and it also identifies time periods when wait times that are longer than expected (anomalies)

SQL Sentry Quick Demo

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SolarWinds Database Observability Reviews (214)

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Mark W.

Media Director

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/17/2018

"Making DB management so much easier!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

DBA by solarwinds is another excellent module for DB management and monitoring. If you have felt like you're blind to DB performance issues, DB problems or anything else then this product will change the way you work. It will help you find problems much faster and even prevent potential downtime, by bring things to your attention before they cause problems. The varied views help you have a quick oversight of all your DB without going in and out of various windows. The historical information is another by win for DBA, allowing to monitor query performance etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

DBA lacks search capability at the moment and this would be something that would improve it, if it was implemented. It would also be nice if it was closer integrated with the rest of the solarwinds platforms, as it feels like a separate product entirely at times, though this isn't that big a deal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

If you feel like you're always blind to DB problems and are not sure where to start then DBA could be the way to go. Check out a trial first to see it in action and i'm sure you'll start to see what it has to offer and how it can improve your day to day workload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's hugely increased workflow and productivity and prevented definite downtime on more than one occasion. It's also helped us keep our DB more streamlined to prevent slow down for end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matt R.

Matt Rees

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/2/2018

"Excellent Product"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

It gives you an overall insight to all databases with alerts and a real understanding what's happening. If you are constantly battling clueless issues or lack of alerts and information then this is a real game changer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Load capacity is sometimes slow even though hardware requirements are met. (not a huge issues though) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

It removes a lot of stress from day to day work. Administratively its excellent to be able to find issues or errors before it causes something more serious. Additionally there is no need to be constantly checking things as the alerting and reporting helps show trends to prevent future problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

A lot of time is saved every day and even maintenance time has been reduced. Alert options and customisation really helps narrow down what problems you want to me notified of etc. Down time is often minimised or even completely eradicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rosalin F.

IT ANALYST

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/5/2019

"Best solution to Monitor Critical Databases"

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

With Solarwinds DPA we can find root cause during a database downtime.

Error detection is a great feature that is run by machine learning and the intuitive dashboard helps a novice tech understand the errors and initiate a fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I have been using Solarwinds Database performance analyzer for the past 3 years and it has been just great. No complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

I highly recommend Solarwinds DPA to all major corporations with thousands of databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

SolarWinds is great because the load on each monitoring device is very low and there is no stress that we need to upgrade hardware devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Relations

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/17/2018

"A greater insight into database performance."

4/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

DPA offers a great overall view of your live databases and can immediately draw your attention to potential problems. It saves you a lot of time in the way it can troubleshoot a lot of problems for you or bring to your attention problems that could lead to downtime etc. It’s easy to set up and gives you peace of mind, especially when managing multiple databases. It has helped us solve ongoing problems by relaying historical information and bringing certain trends to our attention. Highly recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

As good as DPA is, it can get quite costly especially if there is a need for growth. Some reporting and the in built search could be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

If cost isn’t too much of a worry and you’re looking for insight into your database health then consider DPA. You can download a full trial of the product that can help you see what the product can do for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a massive time saver and helps us rectify problems quicker, resulting in less downtime and helps us be more productive. It also helps remove potential problems before they turn into one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carolina M.

Systems Engineer and IT Process Analyst

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/17/2019

"I have confidence in the databases since the implementation of Solarwinds, you are my working life."

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The ease of administration of our database and the tools to create alerts. I feel very satisfied with the functions of executing precise Solarwinds dice processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

At this moment I cannot think of negative things, it is what I think. If any failure occurs with this product, I will notify you immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

I have no doubt, it is the best thing that has happened to me in my working life, I recommend it totally and 100%. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems creating alerts and executions of accurate data processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ernest M.

Product manager

International Trade and Development

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/5/2019

"The alerts make response good."

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Perfect and alerts are incredible.

Very nice with data visualization.

I just love how its easy to log in to the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Good product and most convenient with logging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Monitoring is very good and love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Logging into the system is so much good and admire it.

Data visualization makes it more comfortable and very confidant with use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jignesh R.

Software Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/8/2019

"Super Performance Monitoring of Databases."

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

One great thing that Solarwinds did was to make the User Interface very simple and quick. In many other Monitoring tools, the transaction time is long and it doesn't give us real-time information. With Solarwinds Database performance Analyzer the information is real-time and we can inform the Database admins to take action as soon as the alert comes in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I have been using Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer for about 4 years now and I simply love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Huge Corporation will benefit by implementing Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer, it will help monitor thousands of Databases with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

The Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer can be used to monitor Databases even if it on a cross-platform environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/19/2019

"Great Database Performance Analyzer, tells you what you need to know."

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

DPA is great for tracking down that one rouge query that is using up 80% of your servers resources. Look a graph showing hourly wait times and drill in from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Very complex product and lots of levels of information, but that's to be expected in this area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

It's a good product for monitoring DB wait times. if you want to see what's running on a DB server use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use DPA to track Database performance and to understand exactly what's running on our DB servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yash K.

Frontend Web Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/3/2019

"The quality of support I get is brilliantly to "

4.5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Brilliant and most effective with use.

Great and the reports are impressive..

I just love how makes data visualization so simple Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Good and very nice with data visualization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James C.

IT Service Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/8/2019

"Super DB Analyzer"

5/5

What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The simple user interface is easy to monitor the Database Performance and to take action when required. There were no bugs during the setup of SloarWinds Database Performance Analyzer. The ability to find the root cause of a problem is easy using the SloarWinds Database Performance Analyzer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

After using it for many years, I can't seem to find a reason to dislike SloarWinds Database Performance Analyzer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

I highly recommend it. It make the monitoring team's lives easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Database Observability solving and how is that benefiting you?

Very efficient and Solarwinds has many other applications that can be merged with the DB Performance Analyzer to make it a combo power tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.