Introduction - Product Editions
FB TraceManager 3 is available in the following editions with varying features:
• | Trial Edition |
• | Lite Edition |
• | Standard Edition |
• | Enterprise Edition |
Trial Limitations
The publicly available Trial Edition is the Enterprise Edition feature-wise, although with the following restrictions:
• | Restricted to 30 days after installation |
• | Adding parsed trace data rows to the grid, event processing and hotspot analysis will be stopped after 50 trace event rows per trace session |
• | In case of Header Page Monitoring, adding parsed header page rows to the grid will be stopped after 10 rows |
• | In case of Database Statistics Monitoring, Index Management is disabled |
• | Windows Service logger executable FBTMLoggerSvc3.exe is not included in the Trial Edition |
Licensing
• | Lite Edition is free of charge |
• | Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition are licensed per named user |
• | The Windows Service logger application FBTMLoggerSvc3 is licensed per computer |
Production Edition Comparison Matrix
Lite Edition |
Standard Edition |
Enterprise Edition |
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General |
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Unicode Support |
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Multi-Threaded (Improved in V3.5) |
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Includes Firebird Embedded 2.5.2 Update 1 32-bit |
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Minimize to tray functionality |
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Number of registered servers |
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Connection to local servers |
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Connection to remote servers |
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Connection to embedded servers (Win32 only) |
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Trace session list management |
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Server management |
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Auto-connect upon program start |
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Regex filter in trace session list |
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Number of registered databases per server |
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Unlimited |
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Auto-connect upon program start |
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Database Header Page (HP) Monitoring |
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Fetch and parse database HP data |
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Optional periodically re-fetching of the HP |
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Optional parsed HP data storage |
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Identify suspicious HP conditions (e.g.: Forced Writes = OFF etc.) via customizable color management |
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Regex filter in parsed HP data |
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Aggregate functions in HP grid footer |
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Purge strategy in HP monitoring to allow 24x7 operation |
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One-Click Locate OAT in Monitoring Tables |
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Severity tagging based on suspicious conditions |
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Firebird 3 Support (New in V3.5) |
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Database Statistics (DS) Monitoring |
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Fetch and parse DS data (gstat like output) |
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Support for data/index pages and back-record version statistics |
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Optional fetching of additional index meta data |
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Optional periodically re-fetching of DS |
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Optional parsed DS data storage (snapshots) |
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Identify suspicious DS conditions (e.g.: Index Depth > 3, Total/Max Dups, Index Fill Distribution < 60% etc.) via customizable color management |
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Index Management
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Regex filter in parsed DS data |
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Aggregate functions in DS grid footer |
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Set filter based on column value |
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Set filter based on grid footer aggregate value |
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Percentage bar for size related attributes |
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Severity tagging based on suspicious conditions |
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Firebird 3 Support (New in V3.5) |
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Monitoring Tables (MON$) Integration |
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Full support for all Firebird monitoring tables (MT) |
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Optional periodically re-fetching of MT data |
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Persist snapshots of MT data |
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Identify suspicious MT conditions via customizable color management |
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Encode enumeration values for various MT fields to meaningful interpretations (e.g.: MON$STATE = 1 => 'Active' etc.) |
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Context-sensitive MT filtering capabilities |
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Additional derived MT data (e.g.: cache hit ratio, indexed/sequential read ratio, transaction counter gaps etc.) |
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Cancel active attachments via MT |
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Cancel active statements via MT |
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Regex filter in all MT data grids |
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Aggregate functions in MT grid footers |
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Set filter based on column value |
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Set filter based on grid footer aggregate value |
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Percentage bar for size related attributes |
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Firebird 3 Support (New in V3.5) |
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Number of projects per registered server |
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Project-based session options |
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Project management |
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Auto start upon server connect |
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Regex filter in project list |
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Custom trace configuration templates |
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Receive raw trace data output |
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Save raw trace data output to database |
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Enhanced raw output experience
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Quick navigation to parsed event |
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Purge strategy to allow 24x7 operation |
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Parse database trace events (log_connections, log_transactions, etc.) |
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Parse service trace events |
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Save parsed trace data output to database |
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Regex filter on parsed trace data |
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Aggregate functions in grid footer |
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Quick navigation to raw trace data |
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Purge strategy to allow 24x7 operation |
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Parsed data in-sync with raw data |
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Copy parsed column data clipboard |
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Set filter based on column value |
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Set filter based on grid footer aggregate value |
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Trace event statistic (Improved in V3.5) |
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Firebird 3 Support (New in V3.5) |
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Statement Hotspot |
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Procedure/Function (Firebird 3) Hotspot (Improved in V3.5) |
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Trigger Hotspot |
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FBTMLoggerSvc1 - Windows Service |
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Service based trace data storage support |
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Easy-to-use service administration |
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Product Support |
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Support per email, newsgroups |
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Priority support |
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Includes free updates for 12 months |
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Commercial Firebird performance and configuration tuning2 |
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Licensing/Pricing3 |
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1 Included in the download package for registered customers only. Must be licensed separately. Please visit the Purchase section at http://www.upscene.com for pricing information.
2 Send your inquiry to ts@iblogmanager.com.
3 Please visit the Purchase section at http://www.upscene.com for pricing information.
See also