Whilst vSphere vCenter does give you alerts and performance metrics, it's up to you to make sense of it. This is where Foglight steps in. Foglight is brilliant in the way it helps you understand your environment. It can point out performance concerns quite quickly such as high CPU wait times, memory ballooning, wasted disk space from orphaned VMDK's and zombie VM's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are currently using Foglight for Virtualization Standard. Unfortunately this product has been discontinued and the only option now is Foglight for Virtualization Enterprise which is more expensive. This is a negative, as even though Enterprise is much more advanced, Standard fit our needs much better. One other thing to note is that Standard requires Java for some functions, however Enterprise is complete Java-free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Foglight for SQL Server is a great way to monitor load on multiple SQL Servers in one place, giving comparisons of load between servers and instant colour coded alerts, with drill downs for each Performance Indicator making it great for helping diagnose possible issues. It is also great for planning HDD Capacity for SQL Databases by monitoring history of Database sizes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It took a while to get the Server and clients installed correctly, and to understand how to get things working, this was partly down to how the software needed to connect to each other over networks which had firewalls between them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides ease in configuring VM and helps analysing VM heath with its performance analysis tool so that we can know and solve the problem with VM as soon as it comes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its performance with one CPU and ability for hypervision across CPU core is not too good which affects performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It supports a lot of different hypervisors: vmware, openstack, KVM, and others. The big difference between this one and its competitors are the capability of bringing together application, infrastructure and database performance statistics in a single view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Initially there were many options that now are discontinued. We really liked the Standard product, that is now not available. The Enterprise edition is somewhat more costly, with many options that are not that important, for example, the Synthetic transactions capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In Foglight we like the ability to log on and review history, as well as real time emails and alerts for DBAs to resolve the issues. I found the algorithms to forecast growth and concerns to be particularly intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its really expensive. Its also difficult the servers setup, and the user interface could be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Capture the experience of users interacting with key applications. Pinpoint the root cause of incidents so you can fix problems fast. Improve user satisfaction and ensure the IT environment supports the needs of the organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Theres not much I can say I dislike per se. If I'm nitpicking, I can always say theres an easier way to really use this effective as a beginner but nothing major has ever been issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Foglight is its ability to be extended via WCF (Not Windows WCF) to add functionality that isn't available out of the box. This is actually surprisingly easy and straight forward to do and allows you to grow the solution to fit your needs. In addition to this, its ability to run multiple Foglight Management Servers and then federate the results of these to a Federation server allows you to separate your workloads logically and group permissions and resources more effectively. Finally, its ability to script synthetic transactions and then deploys these to Foglight Agent Mangers dispersed around the world (Azure, AWS Regions, Etc) makes it really easy to see the performance of your site from the perspective of real users and detect slow portions of your processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With large amounts of infrastructure, you have to do a great deal of tuning to ensure the interface remains performant. It is not uncommon to log into an FMS or the Federation server to find a loading spinner that doesn't seem to want to go away. For best results, run these on Linux instances, if you're going to use virtual hardware, be sure to dedicate resources and properly tune your JVM settings based on recommendations from Dell regarding the size of your anticipated environment/workload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Foglight is a limitless monitoring platform, fully extensible with custom cartridges for every case and platform. It can do network, application, OS, database, even user simulations. Its dashboard elements are beautiful, and it's fully manageable from its web-based front end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Foglight is a beast. Nothing is simple or painless. The only good use case for Foglight is one where the target criteria is complex. If you are looking to monitor network, OS, database, or use standard monitoring protocols like SNMP, WMI, or even custom SOAP monitoring calls, then Foglight is more horsepower than you need and I would recommend against it.

Also its dashboards, while beautiful, are not fully customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an awesome platform for viewing and analyzing all sorts of data for the use of apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a little too business oriented and spartan. It could be made to appear more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like best the ability to see geographically where things are slowing down so that issues can be identified quickly and be resolved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike most the user interface, it is a little bit clunky and not the easiest to understand when you first begin using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.