-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.90 2009/02/09 20:57:59 alvherre Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.91 2009/04/06 17:55:19 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="maintenance">
<title>Routine Database Maintenance Tasks</title>
This is discussed in <xref linkend="logfile-maintenance">.
</para>
+ <para>
+ <ulink
+ url="http://bucardo.org/check_postgres/"><application>check_postgres.pl</></ulink>
+ is available for monitoring database health and reporting unusual
+ conditions. <application>check_postgres.pl</> integrates with
+ Nagios and MRTG, but can be run stand-alone too.
+ </para>
+
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is low-maintenance compared
to some other database management systems. Nonetheless,