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Database Performance

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SQL Server 2016 End of Support: What Your Monitoring Should Do About the July 14 Cliff
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SQL Server 2016 End of Support: What Your Monitoring Should Do About the July 14 Cliff

On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 leaves extended support, the same month Microsoft's surviving SQL tooling has gone paid, Azure-first, and Windows-only, with AWS force-upgrading any remaining RDS 2016 instances to 2019 that September. Here's what your monitoring should do about the version cliff, and how the Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager flags what's stranded and follows your databases to 2017 through 2025 on Windows and Linux.

Jul 8, 2026

The DR-Readiness Gap: Why "Synchronized" Isn't "Safe" in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2
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The DR-Readiness Gap: Why "Synchronized" Isn't "Safe" in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2

Every HA tool shows you a synchronization state. Almost none of them, by default, tells you how much data you'd lose or how long recovery would take if you failed over right now. Here's the DR-readiness gap in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2, and why the answer belongs in the Oracle Enterprise Manager repository.

Jul 1, 2026

The Backup You Can't See: The Database Backup Blind Spot in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2
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The Backup You Can't See: The Database Backup Blind Spot in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2

Your observability stack alerts on CPU, connections, and replication lag. Out of the box, it rarely tells you whether last night's backup succeeded — or whether you could actually recover. Here's the backup blind spot, and why it belongs in the Oracle Enterprise Manager console.

Jun 22, 2026

Why a Fortune 100 Bank Chose Integration Plumbers for PostgreSQL Monitoring at Scale
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Why a Fortune 100 Bank Chose Integration Plumbers for PostgreSQL Monitoring at Scale

When a global bank needed to monitor 2,000+ PostgreSQL instances across 40 countries, every solution they evaluated fell short — except one. Here's why scale made the difference.

Feb 24, 2026

The Integration Plumbers' PostgreSQL Plug-in and The High Cost of Database Downtime
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The Integration Plumbers' PostgreSQL Plug-in and The High Cost of Database Downtime

How the PostgreSQL plugin for Oracle Enterprise Manager helps prevent costly database downtime.

Feb 13, 2025

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