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Analyze wait events and in-flight queries with the Datadog Database List

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Author
Addie Beach, Jason Manson Hing
Word Count
815
Company Posts That Month
27
Language
English
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No
Summary

The Datadog Database List is a tool that allows users to monitor their entire database fleet in one place, providing real-time insights into database performance and identifying issues such as overloaded hosts and problematic queries. By analyzing wait event information, users can understand where queries are spending most of their time and investigate slowdowns by correlating changes in query performance with infrastructure metrics, logs, and database telemetry. The Database List also provides detailed query metrics, including top queries, user execution times, and query durations, enabling users to troubleshoot issues and optimize their code. Users can filter databases by source, team, cluster, and custom tags, and set up monitors to automatically alert them when queries exceed a certain time limit, allowing for quick analysis and investigation of performance issues.

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