Do not let the ease of OpenEdge maintenance allow you to become complacent about maintaining your system. The health of the system should be monitored every day. This can be done using a tool such as OpenEdge Management or by manually using scripts.
The areas that are most important to monitor are the areas that will cause a performance problem or that will cause the database to stop running. While the issues that cause the database to stop running are the most important to identify before they fail, performance problems are often equally important to system users. A slow system erodes the users' confidence in the system, and they will look elsewhere for their information. For example, a slow Web site can drive users to go elsewhere for information, and they might never return.
