From Reactive to Proactive: How to Build a SQL Server Monitoring Strategy That Actually Works
Most SQL Server environments are monitored reactively. Something breaks, users complain, the DBA investigates, the problem gets fixed, and life returns to normal until the next incident. In many organizations this passes for a monitoring strategy, because the databases are usually up and the team is usually responsive. The incidents are an accepted cost of doing business. But reactive monitoring carries costs that are easy to underestimate because they are distributed across many incidents over time. Each incident consumes DBA …