DBmarlin for IBM Instana
What do you do when you have found a slow database query in IBM Instana and wonder where do I go from here?
DBmarlin was built to complement and integrate with IBM Instana from the beginning

One product Multi-database
DBmarlin gives IBM Instana users one consistent way to monitor many database platforms, both self-hosted and in the cloud.
Database Performance
When IBM Instana identifies a slow SQL statement, DBmarlin captures the SQL text, wait states and database timing so you can see exactly where the time was spent.
Database Changes
DBmarlin auto-detects schema changes, database parameter changes and explain plan changes so IBM Instana investigations can include the database changes that affected performance.
Events
Register releases and other operational events in DBmarlin so IBM Instana users can correlate application behaviour with database-side changes and performance regressions.
Instana Integration
DBmarlin provides click-through integration with IBM Instana, linking database performance to infrastructure, applications, services and the users accessing the database.
Instana application perspective
From an individual database in DBmarlin, IBM Instana users can click through to the applications, services and users connected to that database for fuller troubleshooting context.
Modern UI
DBmarlin gives IBM Instana users a modern database performance UI that is easy for application teams, SREs and database specialists to understand.
What our customers say

“Being able to use one tool for tracking the query performance and health of all our database technologies has been a real game changer”
Andrew Bickerton
Principal DBA · THG Ingenuity

“AP were an early partner of Instana and we are pleased to see DBmarlin integrate into Instana which will benefit all our customers.”
Mirko Novakovic
Co-founder · Instana

“Using DBmarlin has transformed our visibility of database performance across our estate. Over the past few years we have built a great partnership, with many of our requests feeding directly into the DBmarlin roadmap”
Jay Cooke
Head of BI and Database Solutions · THG Ingenuity
Supported Database Platforms
DBmarlin monitors and accelerates performance across all the major databases

Microsoft Azure
- Azure SQL DB
- Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Azure MySQL
- Azure MariaDB
- Azure PostgreSQL

Amazon RDS
- RDS Aurora
- RDS MySQL
- RDS MariaDB
- RDS PostgreSQL
- RDS Oracle
- RDS SQL Server

Google Cloud SQL
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- SQL Server
- AlloyDB
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