You have a live view of what happens when something goes wrong on the production or support side. You don't have to scramble and do guesswork. We can identify the query that creates the bottleneck or slows the performance of the database system. It can give you points on how to debug and fix the system.
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The most valuable feature in this solution, for our business, is the clear way of projecting the connections between the database and the traffic inflow. This is very helpful when troubleshooting issues.
Knowing which tables on the database were working the most was valuable. It helped the client understand where they need to focus. They streamlined a lot of their queries and brought the resource usage down. It helped them to find long-running queries. They rewrote them completely so that they don't take as long and the application performs better.
Technical Team Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-11-22T20:10:56Z
Nov 22, 2021
I have found some of the valuable features of AppDynamics Database Monitoring to be once the installation is complete, you are able to quickly start receiving metrics, which is great. The user interface is also very user-friendly.
The feature that is most valuable to us is the snapshot feature. It allows us to get a snapshot of different SQL scripts that are being executed simultaneously and we can identify everything we need on them.
Senior IT Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2019-08-22T05:49:00Z
Aug 22, 2019
The solution is great for database monitoring. You don't have to install an agent on the database. You just install the server to a database agent. It's a good product for some database administration if you don't want to install an agent on the database for security.
Business Transformation Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
2019-07-28T07:35:00Z
Jul 28, 2019
AppDynamics is scalable. They can monitor billions of transactions because they're not monitoring all transactions. They're monitoring samples. So, they can offer good monitoring for the huge sites.
More than half of application performance bottlenecks originate in the database, but most application teams have little or no visibility into database performance. With AppDynamics' database performance management product, you get 100% visibility into application performance, from the browser to the database.
Key Benefits
Visualize end-to-end application performance, from the browser to the database
Get alerts when database thresholds are violated
Monitor key performance metrics like...
Database scaling or migration projects play a supportive role throughout the development, monitoring, and troubleshooting phases.
Visibility to the end-users is a valuable feature.
You have a live view of what happens when something goes wrong on the production or support side. You don't have to scramble and do guesswork. We can identify the query that creates the bottleneck or slows the performance of the database system. It can give you points on how to debug and fix the system.
In my experience, it's easy to use. There's nothing complex to learn or fear. You can quickly adapt to it without the need for extensive training.
The dashboards are very well-defined.
The features related to the application performance in AppDynamics Database Monitoring are the most valuable.
Data monitoring is the most valuable feature.
What I found valuable in AppDynamics Database Monitoring is good technical support. I also like that it's scalable and stable.
The most valuable feature in this solution, for our business, is the clear way of projecting the connections between the database and the traffic inflow. This is very helpful when troubleshooting issues.
AppDynamics Database Monitoring's dashboarding is its best feature.
AppDynamics is a good tool that offers excellent out-of-the-box dashboards and application topology.
Knowing which tables on the database were working the most was valuable. It helped the client understand where they need to focus. They streamlined a lot of their queries and brought the resource usage down. It helped them to find long-running queries. They rewrote them completely so that they don't take as long and the application performs better.
I have found some of the valuable features of AppDynamics Database Monitoring to be once the installation is complete, you are able to quickly start receiving metrics, which is great. The user interface is also very user-friendly.
The product is easy to install, it took about half an hour. The use and the configurations are simple as well.
To be honest, it's a fantastic product.
The solution is very, very stable. We haven't faced any bugs or glitches on the system.
The product is stable and the technical support is good.
The feature that is most valuable to us is the snapshot feature. It allows us to get a snapshot of different SQL scripts that are being executed simultaneously and we can identify everything we need on them.
The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ability to discover and track transactions.
The solution is great for database monitoring. You don't have to install an agent on the database. You just install the server to a database agent. It's a good product for some database administration if you don't want to install an agent on the database for security.
The ability to identify the top running queries has been extremely valuable for us.
We were able to correct problems, which led to an increase in availability, time savings, and performance for our solutions.
AppDynamics is scalable. They can monitor billions of transactions because they're not monitoring all transactions. They're monitoring samples. So, they can offer good monitoring for the huge sites.