“We were looking for a uniform tool across as many of our DBMS platforms as possible. We were looking for a tool that not only gathers data but will provide a resolution set for performance issues. We had been in contract negotiations with (competitor) when we came across the DPA product. While (competitor) had an advantage over DPA in only 1 category – number of DBMS’ their tool supported; DPA won in the end because of its ability to provide a solution recommendation. The (competitor) product still relied on the experience of the DBA to interpret the data being presented. As we are running on a DBA resource pool going forward, DPA will allow the DBA managers to review solutions without being an SME in a specific DBMS platform, and assign resolution work to specific DBMS DBAs.”
“Like (competitor), DPA gathers data from all parts of the server..IO, memory, SQL etc. The difference is DPA analyzes the data and makes recommendations. The competition does not, therefore it still relies on the experience of the DBA to interpret the data and make a change. With the competition performance resolution would vary from DBA to DBA. DPA takes the experience and human element out of the question.”
