InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comSun, 19 May 2013 02:01:05 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1383391-263-1.aspxI tried RedGate's SQL Monitor a couple of times (mainly because of the price) but in the end I had to uniinstall it. It was just hogging all the memory and constantly hanging up all the time. Idera has a much tighter product IMHO, but it does costs more. :-DWed, 14 Nov 2012 14:40:24 GMTTravisDBAhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1383391-263-1.aspxIt is hard. I can't quite decide how much to build and how much to integrate. I do like the "custom metrics" in [url=https://www.red-gate.com/products/dba/sql-monitor/]SQL Monitor[/url], which solve some of the issues I've had in the past. I do still wish it were a distributed system.Disclosure: I work for Red Gate Software.Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:23:11 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editorhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1383391-263-1.aspxThe hard part is getting there, having the monitoring setup as you would like. Transforming from add-ons to smoothly integrated. Still playing with various nuts and boltsWed, 14 Nov 2012 10:25:34 GMTJo Pattynhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1383391-263-1.aspxIdera SQL Diagnostic Manager is one of the best SQL Server monitoring tools available IMHO. :-D[url=http://www.idera.com/SQL-Server/sql-diagnostic-manager/][/url]Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:40:03 GMTTravisDBAhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1383391-263-1.aspxMonitoring exceptions, key to being exceptional. Flawless logic ;)Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:42:10 GMTdavoscollectivehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1383391-263-1.aspxComments posted to this topic are about the item [B]<A HREF="/articles/Editorial/94865/">Monitoring is Essential</A>[/B]Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:50:16 GMTSteve Jones - SSC Editor