Currently we use Quest (now Dell) Spotlight for MS SQL monitoring, but we're looking at moving everything to Orion so everything is in one place. I have some questions for anyone who's doing this:
- Is it possible to view historical data beyond 24 hours? Most of the metrics I've seen in Orion only go back 24 hours, but if I need to review an issue from 3-4 days ago is this possible?
- Does Orion retain historical statistic? For example if I need to see the log or data file growth for a database over the last 3-4 months would this be possible?
- Is it possible to mix metrics onto one chart? Example could I add page reads/second, CPU usage, Memory usage, and SQL connection counts into one chart to see if there's a correlation? And can statistics for one or multiple servers or instances be mixed to create a dash board of sorts?
I'm sure there are other questions, but I'd love to hear some insight from anyone else using Orion exclusively for their SQL monitoring.
Thanks,
Sam