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title: "[Cool tool] SQLCheck - FREE SQL server performance monitor/screen saver"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/30/cool-tool-sqlcheck-free-sql-server-performance-monitorscreen.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/30/cool-tool-sqlcheck-free-sql-server-performance-monitorscreen.html"
published: "2004-03-30T13:07:00"
updated: "2004-03-30T13:07:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "via Stefano , Very nice: SQLcheck is an interesting (and FREE) Performance Monitor for SQL Server. With this tool, you can investigates, organizes and explains critical information about your server’s hardware,…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# \[Cool tool\] SQLCheck - FREE SQL server performance monitor/screen saver

By Roy Osherove March 30, 2004 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 30, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

**via** [**Stefano**](http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/demiliani/archive/2004/03/30/10365.aspx)**, Very nice:**

**[_SQLcheck_](http://www.idera.com/Products/SQLcheck/)** _is an interesting (and FREE) Performance Monitor for SQL Server._

_With this tool, you can investigates, organizes and explains critical information about your server’s hardware, operating system and SQL Server. With SQLcheck's performance dashboard, you can quickly view detailed explanations and receive recovery suggestions._

_Why this tools is interesting for me? Because with this new release (2.0) it can now operate as a secure Screen Saver... really cool!!!_

![](https://osherove.com/img/wb/2bd65cc1_www.idera.com_Images_SQLcheckLarge.gif)

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