Use Database Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud to Identify and Resolve Slow Queries

In this video, I introduce Database Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud. I'll demonstrate how to spot and resolve slow queries by leveraging rich metrics and correlating database performance directly with traces in Splunk Observability Cloud APM.

Free 14-day trial: https://splunk.com/o11y-trial

Observability Hub: https://splunk.com/observabilityhub

Database Monitoring Announcement: https://community.splunk.com/t5/Product-News-Announcements/What-s-New-in-Splunk-Observability-October-2025/ba-p/754748

Documentation: https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-observability-cloud/monitor-databases/introduction-to-splunk-database-monitoring

TOC:

00:00 Introduction to Database Monitoring

01:02 Database Monitoring Overview

01:45 Analyze Database Instance

03:12 Trace Correlation

03:56 Infrastructure and Query Metrics

04:36 Key Takeaways

04:53 Conclusion