FB TraceManager editions and feature matrix

Available Editions

FB TraceManager comes in three different editions:

While the Lite Edition is free of any license fees, the Standard and Enterprise Editions are licensed on a per named user base with a more advanced feature set.

Below is a feature matrix comparison of the editions.

Feature Matrix

Feature Lite Standard Enterprise
General
Unicode Support
Multi-Threaded (Improved in V3.0)
Includes Firebird 2.5 Embedded 32-bit
Minimize to tray functionality
Server
Number of registered servers
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Connection to local servers
Connection to remote servers
Connection to embedded servers (Win32 only) (New in V3.0)
Trace session list management
Server management
Auto-Connect upon program start
Regex filter in trace session list
Database
Number of registered databases per server
unlimited
unlimited
Auto-connect upon program start
Database Header Page (HP) Monitoring
Parse HP data
Optional periodically re-fetching of the HP
Optional parsed HP data storage
Identify suspicious HP conditions (e.g.: Forced Writes = OFF, Page Buffers = 0 etc.) via customizable color management (Improved in V3.0)
Regex filter in parsed HP data
Aggregate functions in HP grid footer
Purge strategy in HP monitoring to allow 24x7 operation
One-Click Locate OAT in Monitoring Tables
Severity tagging based on suspicious conditions (New in V3.0)
Database Statistics (DS) Monitoring
Fetch and parse DS data (gstat like output)
Support for data/index pages and back-record version statistics
Optional fetching of additional index meta data
Optional periodically re-fetching of DS
Optional parsed DS data storage (snapshots)
Identify suspicious DS conditions (e.g.: Index Depth > 3, Total/Max Dups, etc.) via customizable color management (Improved in V3.0)
Index Management
  • Recompute index statistics/selectivity
  • Rebuild indexes
  • Drop indexes
Regex filter in parsed DS data
Aggregate functions in DS grid footer
Set filter based on column value
Set filter based on grid footer aggregate value
Percentage bar for size releated attributes (New in V3.0)
Severity tagging based on suspicious conditions (New in V3.0)
Monitoring Tables (MON$) Integration
Full support for all Firebird monitoring tables (MT)
Optional periodically re-fetching of MT data
Persist snapshots of MT data
Identify suspicious MT conditions via customizable color management
Encode enumeration values for various MT fields to meaningful interpretations (e.g.: MON$STATE = 1 => 'Active' etc.)
Context-sensitive MT filtering capabilities
Additional derived MT data (e.g.: cache hit ratio, indexed/sequential read ratio, transaction counter gaps etc.)
Cancel active attachments via MT
Cancel active statements via MT
Regex filter in all MT data grids
Aggregate functions in MT grid footers
Set filter based on column value
Set filter based on grid footer aggregate value
Percentage bar for size releated attributes (New in V3.0)
Projects
Number of projects per registered server
unlimited
unlimited
unlimited
Project-based session options
Project management
Auto start upon server connect
Regex filter in project list
Custom trace configuration templates (New in V3.0)
Raw Trace Data Support
Receive raw trace data output
Save raw trace data output to database
Enhanced raw output experience
  • Line numbers
  • New trace event line highlighting
  • SQL highlighting
  • Trace event type highlighting
  • Trace event raw data folding
  • Support for bookmarks
Quick navigation to parsed event
Purge strategy to allow 24x7 options (Improved in V3.0)
Parsed Trace Data Support
Parse database trace events (log_connections, log_transactions, etc.) (Improved in V3.0)
Parse service trace events
Save parsed trace data output to database
RegEx filter on parsed trace data
Aggregate functions in grid footer
Quick navigation to raw trace data
Purge strategy to allow 24x7 options (Improved in V3.0)
Parsed data in-synch with raw data
Copy parsed column data clipboard
Set filter based on column values
Set filter based on grid footer aggregate value
Trace event statistic
Hotspots Analysis (New in V3.0)
Statement Hotspot (New in V3.0)
Procedure Hotspot (New in V3.0)
Trigger Hotspot (New in V3.0)
Trace Data Management
Import from raw trace output
Yes, raw data only
Browse stored trace data
Yes, raw data only
Reporting on stored trace data
OLAP/pivot analysis on stored trace data
Event processing
FBTMLoggerSvc - Windows Service1
Service based trace data storage support
Easy-to-use service administration
Product Support
Support per e-mail
Priority support
Includes free updates for 12 months
N/A
Notes
  1. Trial version is included in the download package for registered customers only. Must be licensed separately. Please visit the purchase section for pricing information.