Third-Party Performance and Tuning Tools
There are a number of performance monitoring and tuning tools available for third-party vendors. Here, we list a few that we have some personal experience with:
• Precise 8.5—For database and other tier monitoring in one package, Precise TPM (formerly Precise i3 from Symantec but spun out a few years ago) is one of the best out there. It’s a bit pricey, but for larger organizations that have vast implementations, investing in this type of holistic toolset can pay dividends. See www.precise.com for a current release of database and J2EE monitoring capabilities.
• SQL Shot—This tool uses a different approach from Microsoft. In particular, SQL Shot bubbles up all SQL Server–based execution information into ...
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