If you’re doing a good job as a DBA you want to have an in-depth knowledge of all the SQL Servers you are responsible for. That includes the SQL Server hardware, configuration and performance. You want to be pro-active and not swamped. You want active notifications of when things change or fail, and ideally you would like this documented, so you can show it to your boss!
Rather than you having to remember to run checks on servers (and when you get busy, it’s easy to miss something), SQLFrontline does this for you on a scheduled basis (usually once per day, but configurable). You don’t have to install any software or configure any local repositories.
As an accidental DBA (despite reading blogs and investing time learning SQL Server) you might not be aware of everything required to make SQL Server reliable and perform well. SQLFrontline embodies SQL Server industry best practices. Not only does it notify you of problems found, but it also explains the problem and shows you how to fix them.
As a developer, you want to be made aware of any design decisions that could affect performance, and/or track down any existing performance/blocking issues.
I use SQLFrontline in my day-to-day SQL Server consultancy business. It generally takes me less than an hour to do what would have previously taken over a week (running and documenting the results of over 300 checks can be time consuming). I recently used SQLFrontline to efficiently diagnose and fix all the SQL Servers for an entire business, making them standardised and industry best practice in the process.