As the database landscape evolves, organizations are increasingly relying on multiple database platforms (infrastructure) to manage the exponential growth and diversity of data. With most organizations now using more than one database platform, managing databases has become more complex than ever. Traditional database management roles are shifting, with application and operations teams taking on greater responsibility for database operations, often across cloud-managed services and diverse database types. To address these challenges, Splunk Observability Cloud introduces Database Monitoring, a new component that provides visibility into multiple database platforms. Splunk Database Monitoring emphasizes actionable insights, enabling teams to scale operations efficiently with the help of AI.

Key features

Database Monitoring provides detailed database performance visibility through the following key features:

• Query statistics: Observe wait time, CPU time, rows read compared to rows returned, and execution plans.
• Health and performance metrics: For database servers.
• Comprehensive query analytics: Gain insights into query performance, including wait time, CPU usage, memory consumption, and execution plans. Quickly identify and resolve slow-running queries within a single tool.
• Integrated application correlation: Correlate query performance with .NET application traces using Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (APM), thus bridging the gap between application and database teams. Seamlessly navigate from database queries to APM traces to see their effect on the applications. Requires extra configuration.
• Integrated infrastructure correlation: Link query analytics with Splunk IM to pinpoint resource-intensive queries and to troubleshoot performance issues caused by resource contention on the database server.
• Unified monitoring interface: Access a single-pane-of-glass view across all database platforms and hosting environments. Simplify troubleshooting and reduce tool sprawl with an intuitive interface designed for non-experts.

Limitations

• Your database platform must be Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Database.

• Your Splunk region must be us0, us1, au0, eu0, or eu2.