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SolarWinds Database Observability Overview

What is SolarWinds Database Observability?

Your databases are the backbone of your business, built with dedication and care. Now, they need an observability solution that matches your passion—ensuring they perform at their absolute best. Database Observability, available as Self-Hosted or SaaS, empowers database teams to monitor databases for emerging issues, diagnose and uncover root causes, and optimize for faster performance across leading database technologies both on-premises and in the cloud. Monitor: Track key performance metrics and detect early warning signs to prevent issues before they escalate. Diagnose: Rapidly identify and resolve performance challenges like slow queries and resource bottlenecks. Optimize: Fine-tune database performance with query optimization, indexing strategies, and efficient resource utilization for greater scalability. Observe Everywhere: Gain complete cross-environment visibility with a unified view of your databases, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments, all from a single platform.

SolarWinds Database Observability Details
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Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer monitors on-premises, on VMware®, and in the Cloud, including Amazon® AWS and Azure™ virtual machines. Agentless architecture, safe to use in production

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Database Observability Self-Hosted Subscription Pricing:

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

1-50 instances: $1,399.00 per instance

Volume-based discounting is available. 

Flexible Database Performance Analyzer and SQL Sentry license for cloud environments per database:

1-50 databases: $139.00 per database

Volume-based discounting is available.


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SolarWinds Worldwide LLC

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SolarWinds provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses.

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Yazid B.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"best support team, best features"
helps a lot to analyse performance and do comparatifs Can crate good dashboards
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A Powerful, Insightful Tool for Database Health and Performance Monitoring"
SolarWinds Database Observability provides deep visibility into database performance with an intuitive and user-friendly interface. I especially ap...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Streamlined Database Monitoring with SolarWinds Database Observability"
As a long-time IT administrator, finding the right observability tool that offers both depth and usability can be a challenge. SolarWinds Database ...

SolarWinds Database Observability Media

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)
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Play SolarWinds Database Observability Video
SQL Sentry Quick Demo
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SQL Sentry Quick Demo

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SolarWinds Database Observability Pros and Cons

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Verified User in Law Enforcement
AL
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I like the fact at any time, when someone approaches me about an issue I can bring up solid evidence of an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The only thing I dislike is somehow it's hard to find what I need quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are solving slowness issues in databases by identifying bottlenecks and other issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
AU
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The quickness of resolution of our issues as well as the transparency it gives across teams. We can dig into what the root issue is easily with DPA. The monitoring feature is second to none and allows us to find the issues when comparing to a baseline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

There is really nothing that I dislike so far about the DPA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Implement this analyzer as it will greatly benefit your organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use Solarwinds DPA to track performance issues in our environment. It has been a great tool so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
AE
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I like how DPA leverage all my S3 databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Sincerely there's no good software without a disadvantage. But I have not seen anything you should improove on except the pricing. That might be because of the country I'm in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

it is the best solution for anyone with dificulty in managing database expecially those just learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It's very tasky to statcally connect to every database everytime I want to manage, DPA helps in managing all of my databases simultaneously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Very clean interface that makes identifying problem queries easy to spot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Integration with Orion platform is half baked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Performance slowdowns and optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Museums and Institutions
UM
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

You are able to select different types of data to be analyzed and you are able to see the results easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

It seemed a bit slow to update the data, but that may be because it was a demo product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Try the demo to see if it will suit your needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are trying to analyze our VMs that store our database and the efficiency of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Defense & Space
AD
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Everything is broken down with time based stacked graphs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The expense if you have a lot of databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

The price gets bigger if you have many databases but it's one of the best tools to quickly isolate where the problems are in your database with wait times. Easy to find the query where all the time is being wasted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Quickly find out where the problem is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
AC
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The most beneficial aspect for me was the storage stats. Having a real time chart to read reads, writes and latency allows us to have a more proactive approach to response times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

There isn't too much to dislike however adding more administrative control functions would expand on the product's functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

The product does everything as advertised and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Visually seeing trends in peak performance utilization has allowed for more scalable maintenance plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Networking
CC
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

easy installation, easy DB connection, direct detailed view out of box Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

short test license range not within 30day Solarwinds standard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

slow DB performance with business impact and no visibility where the bottle neck was Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
UU
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I love the detailed information you are able to pull regarding the databases, their servers and the whole virtual environment. When syncing with NPM, it helps complete that "single pane of glass" view of your environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

Currently, there is nothing I would say I "dislike" about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are able to see where our problem/latency spots are with our collection of Solarwinds products we have applied to the environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tyler R.
TR
Systems Administrator
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Database Observability?

The integration with the Orion platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Database Observability?

I wish that is would also work with Microsoft Exchange. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SolarWinds Database Observability:

Make sure this is the product you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Mostly performance related issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.