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Comparing The Compare - Quest Foglight and Toad

To compare is to measure, estimate, or make note of two or more “ things’ “ similarities and/or differences. It helps us better understand the items. A versus B. Sometimes it is done to learn which one is ‘better’. Other times, it is to determine those feature or properties that are different. That difference can be important when drawing conclusions. We are comparing things everyday sometimes without even being fully aware that we are doing so.

Quest Foglight for Virtualization 8.8 Controls Costs, Automates Capacity & Reduces Waste to Optimize Performance of Hybrid Cloud Environments

ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. – August 27, 2018 – Quest Software, a global systems management, data protection and security software provider, today announced the availability of Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition 8.8.

Monitor MariaDB running in Amazon RDS with Foglight for Databases

I had a customer who was curious if Foglight could be used to monitor MariaDB running in Amazon RDS. This customer was already monitoring SQL Server and MongoDB with Foglight, and was eager to see if it could extend to this new MariaDB based application. While MariaDB "should" be functionally equivalent to MySQL, and given that Foglight has a cartridge for MySQL, I figured it would work, but wanted to step through it myself to make sure there were no gotcha's.

Foglight for Virtualization 8.8 is here and its all about understanding the cost, not just the performance, of your hybrid datacenter

How much is Azure costing me? How much do my VMs cost me in my datacenter? Should I migrate to the Cloud? Understand the cost of my datacenter you ask?! You heard that correctly, FVE 8.8 is almost, almost, exclusively about managing the cost of running a hybrid datacenter.

AlwaysOn Monitoring with Foglight for SQL Server

We often get asked about the breadth and depth of Foglight when it comes to its monitoring scope. Whether it support for a multitude of relational, open source and NoSQL database platforms or providing the depth needed to identify the root cause of performance issues, you are looking in the right place with Foglight.

Don't Worry About Your (Con)figure, Have The PI !

Congratulations! You have Foglight installed and it is collecting meaningful performance data. There’s no doubt it is providing a ‘smorgasbord’ of actionable information about your mission-critical environment. Help yourself to delicious servings of baseline data, proactive alerts, and custom dashboards and reports. Now make room for dessert! Foglight is probably best known for its generous helping of PI. PI is an abbreviation for Performance Investigator.