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Foglight vs. NetApp Element Software

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    Foglight

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AFoglight is a database performance management suite from Quest, with modules to perform cloud analytics, network performance monitoring and virtualization management, scaling to a broad, cloud / virtualization focused IT infrastructure monitoring solution.N/A

    Element Software

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANetApp's Element Software is a storage management application designed to simplify data management at scale for NetApp HCI and SolidFire, scale storage infrastructure and automate storage allocation.N/A
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    FoglightElement Software
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    FoglightElement Software
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    FoglightElement Software
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    FoglightElement Software
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    Quest Software
    Strengths [Foglight]
    • Monitoring, Alerting and Management of on-prem virtualization and physical servers
    • Historical trending and baselining are excellent and being able to compare a problem period against the same sets of data for a period when there was no issue is especially helpful as part of troubleshooting.
    • Ease of use for end users is appreciated
    Weaknesses [of Foglight]
    • Creation and management of custom monitors is a developer level activity requiring Groovy skillset
    • Less useful for management of an environment where there is a large amount of custom implementations
    • Commitment to longevity of cartridges/packs for specific subsystems
    • Ability to create custom schedules/alerts/escalations is only available via a 3rd party product (from a former Quest developer) and is not particularly easy to manage/manipulate
    • Lack of API accessibility for external integrations to other analytics (splunk, etc.)
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    Pros
    Quest Software
    • Database monitoring
    • Database management suite
    • Customization (both monitors and dashboards)
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    Cons
    Quest Software
    • There are not many problems with this product
    • Limited ability to use Foglight itself to solve problems it identifies
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    Quest Software
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    Return on Investment
    Quest Software
    • Foglight has a positive impact on my company by being a complete monitoring platform that specializes in risk assessment, user diagnosis and management, and server monitoring ensuring a secure business infrastructure through predictive analytics, query analysis, anomaly detection, behavior tracking, troubleshooting, automated discovery, and more.
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