SQL Sentry: Breakthrough SQL Server Performance Monitoring

SQL Sentry is the flagship product in the SentryOne monitoring solutions set, and was built by SQL Server experts to help you save time and frustration in troubleshooting database performance problems.

SQL Sentry offers powerful capabilities in an intuitive dashboard that gives you an at-a-glance picture of your SQL Server environment health, and makes it easy to drill down for more details. 

Want to know exactly how SQL Sentry can help you end your SQL Server performance problems? Dive into the unique capabilities below.

Learn how SQL Sentry helps these database experts optimize SQL Server performance.

The Performance Analysis dashboard gives you relevant, actionable metrics so you can quickly troubleshoot SQL Server performance.

Performance Analysis Dashboard

View detailed performance metrics

See actionable performance information about your monitored servers in an easy-to-use Performance Analysis dashboard that displays a graphical view of monitored server activity with "Jump To" navigation that lets you drill down to granular details.

Top SQL

Fix high-impact SQL queries

Frustrated by the time and effort it takes to identify SQL Server queries and procedures that are causing performance bottlenecks? The Top SQL view in SQL Sentry shows execution plan diagrams, query history, and more, so you can find and fix potentially problematic queries. The query analysis capabilities in SQL Sentry go far beyond what you'll find in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), giving you the information you need to quickly resolve problems.

Top SQL helps you analyze poorly performing queries that are slowing database performance.

Watch this two-minute tour of Advisory Conditions in SQL Sentry to see how you can proactively manage notifications.

Advisory Conditions

Set automated responses to specific conditions

Proactively manage SQL Server database performance and eliminate alert fatigue  with Advisory Conditions that let you set relevant, actionable alerts based on conditions specific to your environment. With Advisory Conditions, you can automate responses to specific conditions, such as the results of a T-SQL query, a WMI query, a performance counter value, or any combination of values or queries.

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Deadlock Analysis

Resolve SQL Server deadlocks

Troubleshooting SQL Server deadlocks—where tasks are contending for resources—can be time-intensive and frustrating. Especially in complex deadlock situations, you could waste limited resources looking in the wrong place for the answer to the problem.

SQL Sentry Deadlock Analysis helps you quickly determine the root cause of the deadlock so you can restore the database to peak performance.

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See how SQL Sentry Deadlock Analysis displays deadlocks in a visual format so you can quickly resolve the problem.

Watch a two-minute video of the Event Calendar in action.

Event Calendar

Manage SQL Server and Windows Events in a Visual Calendar

Want to get the full picture of when SQL Server jobs and Windows Scheduled Tasks are scheduled to run so you can resolve potential conflicts? The SQL Sentry Event Calendar gives you a visual display in an Outlook-style calendar so you can ensure that every task and job will have sufficient resources to complete. The Event Calendar is one of the ways SQL Sentry helps you manage your SQL Server database proactively, so you can avoid unexpected database slowdowns that can negatively impact the business.

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Proven scalability

SQL Sentry has proven scalability far beyond competitors' products, with demonstrated success monitoring 800+ targeted database instances with one monitoring database. Our innovative use of SQL Server technology to scale monitoring to large enterprise workloads was the focus of a Microsoft profile.  The article said that SentryOne "has shattered barriers to data ingestion and monitors its customer databases without impediment" and that SQL Sentry is built with current data management trends in mind.

Predict future storage needs

Hate being surprised by insufficient disk storage space, which could bring your databases to a standstill? Storage Forecasting in SQL Sentry takes the guesswork out of planning storage needs by applying machine learning to forecast daily usage for all storage volumes across servers, helping you proactively manage compute resources. The algorithms analyze workloads, fine-tune disk capacity forecasts, and provide intelligent reporting that can help prevent system downtime.