Coming Soon · SQL Server Health Check

Find What's Wrong with Your SQL Server,
and What to Fix First.

Run 110 read-only checks and get a prioritized report in under 30 minutes. No downtime, no data leaves your environment, no credit card — free when it opens.

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The problem

SQL Server Problems Rarely Announce Themselves Early

By the time a database makes the news inside your company, it's already an outage, a breach, or a bill. The warning signs sit quiet for months.

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Backups look fine on the dashboard until the day a restore fails.

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Queries slow down and nobody can say if it's CPU, I/O, memory, the plan cache, indexes, or the app.

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Licensing and cloud bills creep up because nobody has time to right-size the cores.

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Security gaps sit unnoticed in logins, encryption, permissions, and backup files.

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Your team inherited SQL Servers they didn't build and can't confidently assess.

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You suspect something is wrong, but you don't have a number to take to leadership.

The report

See What's About to Break, What It'll Cost, and What to Fix First

Every finding is the thing that actually costs you: the failed restore waiting to happen, the exposed login, the licensing you overpay for. Each one is ranked by business impact and sequenced into a plan you can act on.

Every Finding, Ranked by Business Impact

Not a wall of red flags. Each issue comes with a severity, a plain-English explanation of what it costs you, and a tag for who should care (CEO, CTO, DBA).

  • Severity first. Critical and high issues float to the top.
  • Business impact in plain English. Every finding reads like "4 databases have no recent backup," so you can see what it costs at a glance.
  • Owner tags. Everyone knows which findings are theirs.

A 90-Day Plan You Can Hand to the Team

The report sequences every fix into what to do this month, next month, and the one after. Quick wins come first, so the score starts climbing right away.

  • 0 to 30 days. Immediate risk reduction on your most-used database.
  • 30 to 60 days. Operational hygiene and the remaining primary-DB fixes.
  • 60 to 90 days. Performance tuning and capacity planning.
0-30 DaysImmediate risk reduction and OrdersDB triage
SecurityMost used DB
Address 3 Security findings (most used DB: OrdersDB)
#133#132#134
30-60 DaysOperational hygiene and remaining primary-DB fixes
PerformanceMost used DB
Address 10 Performance findings (most used DB: OrdersDB)
#51#103#49#50#52#57#63
60-90 DaysPerformance tuning and capacity planning
Performance
Address 5 Performance findings
#112#55#56#88#118

This Is What Your Report Looks Like

The findings scrolling above are exactly what your report will look like. The Health Check tool is in private beta right now — join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment public access opens.

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What it checks

110 Checks Across the Areas Where SQL Server Actually Breaks

Reliability
Corruption checks, patch level, event-log health, and Agent jobs.
Security
Encryption, SA exposure, permission sprawl, and orphaned users.
Readiness
Backups, restore tests, HA, failover, and alerting coverage.
Cost
Licensing fit, over-provisioning, compression, and right-sizing.
Performance
Waits, indexes, plan cache, TempDB, and storage latency.
How it works

Run It Yourself in Minutes. No Red9 Access Required.

Download it, point it at your server, read the report. Everything runs on your side of the firewall.

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Create a Free Account

No credit card. Set up your workspace in a minute.

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Download and Run

It runs locally against your environment in 5 to 30 minutes, plus a couple minutes of input.

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Read Your Report

Score, ranked issues, category breakdown, and the fix order.

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Share and Rerun

Export it for the team, or schedule a monthly rerun and watch the score move.

Be First to See Your Own Risk Score.

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Is it safe?

Built for Production SQL Server Environments

This is the question every DBA asks first. Here's the honest answer.

  • Read-only. No writes, no schema changes, no configuration changes. Ever.
  • No downtime. Lightweight queries designed to run against live production.
  • Your data stays put. The checks read configuration and metadata to build the report. Your table data never leaves.
  • Reviewable. Read the exact T-SQL of every check before it runs.
  • No access for us. Red9 never touches your servers. You run it, you keep the output.
Review the T-SQL of any check before it runs
Built for your role

One Health Check, Answers for Every Role

The scan runs the same 110 checks for everyone. Each role gets its own answers out of the same report.

CTO / CIO

When SQL Server goes down, the bill and the blame both land on you.

  • One 0 to 100 score covers the whole environment
  • Backup, failover, and DR gaps show up before they cause an outage
  • You see licensing overspend before the renewal locks it in
  • Leadership gets a number they can track quarter to quarter
IT Director / Manager

SQL Server is one of a dozen things you own. It gets attention only when it breaks.

  • Findings arrive sorted by severity, quick wins on top
  • Backups, alerting, and failover get tested before you need them for real
  • The report gives you something to stand behind in the next status meeting
  • Rerun it next quarter and show the score moved
The Accidental DBA

Nobody hired you as a DBA. The keys landed on you anyway.

  • 110 checks run in 5 to 30 minutes, the same ones a senior DBA works through
  • Each finding comes with fix steps in plain English, easiest first
  • You catch problems before they land on you
  • Senior DBAs pick up the findings that are over your head
Developer

The app is slow and the room is looking at your code. Half the time the server is the problem.

  • Slow queries and missing indexes get named, one by one
  • TempDB, memory, and CPU pressure get checked before the code takes the blame
  • The server's owner gets the server findings, with evidence attached
MSP / IT Consultant

Your clients run SQL Server. Deep DBA work is a different trade.

  • The check is read-only and installs nothing on client machines
  • You walk the client through a prioritized, exportable report
  • Risks show up before the 2 AM call does
  • Senior DBAs take over when a finding goes past your bench
After the report

You Keep the Report. What You Do Next Is Up to You.

Fix It Yourself

Use the report internally. Every finding has fix steps. No obligation, no follow-up call.

Bring Red9 in for the Worst Findings

Buy a block of consulting hours for tuning, maintenance, deadlocks, and remediation. Hours never expire. Explore Consulting ➜

Move to Ongoing Coverage

Managed Services: continuous monitoring, periodic health checks, and senior DBAs on call. Explore Managed Services ➜

FAQ

The Questions Teams Ask Before They Run It

Is it really free?

It will be. Download the tool, run it, keep the full report — no credit card, no trial clock. The tool is currently in private beta; join the waitlist above and we'll email you the moment public access opens.

When can I run it?

We're onboarding beta users now and opening public access soon. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the day it's live, so you don't have to keep checking back.

Will it affect production?

No. The checks are 100% read-only and lightweight. No writes, no schema changes, no downtime. You can run them against live production.

What data leaves our environment?

The checks read configuration and metadata to build your report. Your table data stays in your environment.

Can I review the queries first?

Yes. Every check exposes its exact T-SQL before it runs, so you can read it or skip it.

How long does it take to run?

5 to 30 minutes depending on the size of the environment, plus a couple minutes of setup input.

How is this different from sp_Blitz or the Microsoft assessment?

Those are solid tools. The difference is that Red9 turns findings into a scored, prioritized plan with business impact, and looks past T-SQL at the whole stack: Windows, storage, Active Directory, and network.

Can I run it on multiple servers?

Yes. Run it per server and compare scores across your estate.

Can Red9 help fix the findings?

If you want. Consulting hours cover targeted fixes; Managed Services covers ongoing remediation and monitoring. Neither is required to use the report.

Find Your Highest-Risk SQL Server Issues Before They Become Outages

Find the failed restore, the exposed login, and the licensing you overpay for, before they cost you. Free, read-only, under 30 minutes — join the waitlist to get access.

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