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SQL Heartbeat – my favorite free tool

There are many great scripts available for monitoring SQL Server. But admit it, don’t you miss animation and color? I’ve been using SQL Heartbeat for about two weeks and I really appreciate the animation and color. These features make the output highly effective and easy to grasp. Processes grow larger as they use more resources. Lines appear between processes when locking occurs. I find the tool so useful I leave it up all day on my secondary monitor. There have been several times when the only reason I noticed something important was because of the animated effects catching my eye. Download it from: http://www.sqlsolutions.com/products/Heartbeat/index.html

SQLHeartbeat

Published Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:16 PM by John Paul Cook

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The Morning Brew - Chris Alcock » The Morning Brew #538 said:

February 12, 2010 3:23 AM
 

Arthur Z said:

Impressive for a free tool!

Thank you Chris!!

Will let my DBA know about it.

February 12, 2010 10:10 AM
 

merrillaldrich said:

Nice!

February 12, 2010 11:56 AM
 

progg.ru said:

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February 12, 2010 12:18 PM
 

Chris Randall said:

Good find, thanks.

February 12, 2010 10:24 PM
 

Barry S said:

Been using it for over a year now.

It is Fantastic.  

I too keep it open all day on a separate monitor.

February 15, 2010 10:15 AM
 

John said:

For the folks who leave the toll running all day, does this tool use a lot of resources, such as the CPU of the SQL host?

February 16, 2010 11:01 AM
 

Rudy Komacsar said:

Unfortunately it did not function for me in an environment that requires "RUN AS" for all server access.

February 18, 2010 4:47 PM
 

Log Buffer #179: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs | The Pythian Blog said:

February 19, 2010 12:50 PM

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