Re: MBA Survey

Ok. With some kind input from others the survey has hopefully been improved.
Let us try this again.

The purpose of this survey is to generate statistical information, based upon
the number of responses, on how many companies using automated monitoring tools have
realized 'proven' benefits. Benefits are defined as reduced down time or reduced costs
including the time dedicated to monitoring by DBAs. Down time is from a client view
so would include any incident which impacted database usage by the client.

Type of company?

Would you rate the impact of the database being unavailable for a few hours as a
critical issue?

Do you use an automated monitoring tool (including home grown)?

Product used (None, Developed in house, Vendor/Product name)?

Was a cost/benefit estimate performed before implementing/developing the tool?

Is the tool proactive? (It reports problems before the database is visibly impacted)

Does the tool correct problems? (Adds extents, copies off redo logs)

What is the average number of problems prevented weekly? This is the total, whether
handled by the tool or DBA. It is the number of issues reported by the tool which
would have impacted the client if not handled.

Has using an automated monitoring tool improved database availability or were you catching all of the problems before, just manually?

What percentage savings in your time was realized after automated monitoring was started? Received on Thu Jun 21 2001 - 06:29:35 CDT