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SQLPerformance is back. For years, it’s been a trusted home for deeply technical, real-world guidance for SQL Server professionals, and that mission matters more than ever in today’s more complex, fast-moving database environments. The first article of 2026 is by Kevin Kline.…
When a critical application slows to a crawl and CPU usage spikes to 100%, throwing expensive hardware at the problem is usually just a temporary band-aid. True scalability requires knowing exactly how your database engine interacts with the underlying silicon. If you've been following our High-Performance DBA…
Looking for deeper visibility into your database environment and a better way to stay ahead of issues before they become problems? Join us on Tuesday, May 19 for a live SolarWinds Database Product Update, where our database product leadership team will walk through the latest updates across the SolarWinds database…
Stop guessing. Build storage with fault tolerance and scalability built in. We are back with the second installment of our The High-Performance DBA series. Join us for a high-impact session with Kevin Kline, who will bring decades of SQL Server experience to this session. Whether you're managing massive enterprise clusters…
Exciting News about SQL Sentry I’ve been playing around with the latest version of the SQL Sentry Portal, and I have to say I’m really excited about what’s here. The next-generation platform is officially live, and I think you’re going to love some of the changes. You might have noticed that new visible features seemed a…
SQL Sentry 2025.4 Release SolarWinds is proud to announce the GA release of SQL Sentry 2025.4! In this release, you’ll enjoy a new modern web portal experience. Read on for more details. SQL Sentry 2025.4 Release Notes Web Portal UI SQL Sentry’s web interface, simply called Portal, has a completely new and modern look. It…
Does anyone know how to increase the value for the parameter named defaultInternalShutdownTimeoutSeconds? We noticed the following in the monitoringservice log file: 2024-11-11 15:06:21,495 [163] ERROR SentryOne.App.MonitoringService.SqlSentryServer [(null)] - Stop management engine didn't finish shutdown in 45 seconds.…
When a target is unwatched on SQLSentry, it does not show the collected data, it requires watching. However, watching means activating data collection and it should be able to show the old data that has already been collected without any problems when there is no such need. This situation is mostly impossible when you want…
This seem be similar to a previous question I asked about the desktop health score vs. the portal health score, but it's really only about the portal behavior. The SQL Sentry Portal Health documentation says in the Overview The Health Score (shown above) is calculated by incorporating open alerts and their associated…
We've had a couple issues where SQL services do not come back online after patching/server restart/etc. The SQL Offline alert does not fire because it never started up in the first place. It would be good if the alert covered that scenario as well.
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