"Right off the bat, I can tell you that this tool should have [the competition] shaking in their boots, as it is really going to give them a run for their money. While a late comer to this segment of the market, Performance Advisor has definitely been worth the wait.", says Bertrand.

Bertrand then provides a quick rundown on the three Performance Advisor features he likes best:

• Disk Activity
  "It allows you to quickly identify I/O issues as they are happening"
• Top SQL Analysis
  "Filtering and sorting are effortless, and all this without having to go and manually run a trace."
• Dashboard
  "The dashboard has pretty much all of the useful metrics that I would want to see at a glance, and best of all, it is SEXY."

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