Database Monitoring
Databases are systems of record upon which most major enterprise systems are built. Effective monitoring is key for database performance which influences user and employee experience.
Best Database Performance Monitoring Tools: Top 5 Platforms Compared
Database issues cause application failures: A memory spike crashes your server, and a slow query times out user requests. We analyzed six database monitoring platforms and benchmarked three of them extensively on MySQL and MongoDB by installing them from scratch, running identical workloads, and documenting every step of the setup and monitoring experience. The results…
MongoDB Monitoring: SolarWinds vs New Relic vs Datadog
We installed SolarWinds, Datadog, and New Relic on clean systems running MongoDB 7.0 to test. We went through each tool’s complete setup process, documenting every step and roadblock. You can also see how these platforms monitor MySQL and our test environment and methodology SolarWinds finished the MongoDB integration in under 5 minutes. Solarwinds opens with…
MySQL Monitoring: SolarWinds vs New Relic vs Datadog
We installed three database monitoring platforms on a clean system running MySQL to see how they handle database monitoring from scratch. We examined: Ease of setup, onboarding experience, agent resource consumption, accuracy in metric measurement and effectiveness of their alerting systems’ notifications when issues arise under real-world database workloads. See our complete MySQL test methodology…