In AzureSQL, I would like Redgate Monitor to not "keep awake" systems which are set to "sleep".
Within AzureSQL you can set SQL Servers to be Serverless and also to "sleep after" a time window. This means you can save money for systems which are not heavily used.
I think Redgate Monitor needs to have a "light touch" mode for such systems where it will firstly check the config and say "ok, this server is asleep, I dont need to look at it" before reporting maybe in the infomration status "system asleep". When the system wakes up, it should monitor as normal.
This is a cost saving exercise since, after adding Redgate to our Legacy AzureSQL servers, the cost went up by £250 a month per system. (we've gone from £10 purely storage, to £250 because Redgate is keeping it awake. IF this were a higher spec system, this cost could have been more.
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Andy commented
As well as a cost saving exercise, this also pushes us into the "fit for purpose" conversation.