We were quoted $1500/cpu. One thing I liked about it is their uninque approach using resource mappin method. You not only account for resource/time consumption at instance level, but at the sql as the atomic unit of work. I see this to be very effective. With 10g and its awr/ash, it is becoming native to the db, but not very well externalized in an intuative UI including OEM. 3rd part tools like Confio still IMHO do a much better job. Download a trial and see for yourself. -----Original Message----- From: Mir M. Mirhashimali <mhyder@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 5:58 PM To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Monitoring Tool somebody on the list said they use IGNITE for database monitoring. if possible can you share with me some pros and cons and how much it cost. Thanks -- Mir M. Mirhashimali Oracle Systems Manager Database Architecture, Enterprise Applications Rice University (713) 348 6365 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l