title: PostgreSQL management and monitoring
body: <p>Moving from Oracle to PostgreSQL, what (preferably free/OSS) software/tools are available that replace Oracle Enterprise Manager? I'm aware of pgAdmin, as well as some tools bundled into EnterpriseDB's Postgres Plus AS, but am looking for more context and a better overview of the PostgreSQL ecosystem.</p>
  
  <p>Specifically I'm interested in tools to help:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Alert db administrators to problems with both configuration and performance</li>
  <li>Monitoring of overall system performance</li>
  <li>General performance tuning</li>
  <li>Hinting support (my understanding is that PostgreSQL typically frowns on hinting)</li>
  <li>Disk management (ease in growth)</li>
  <li>Backup/restore beyond pg_dump and pg_restore</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Any thoughts? This seems like something lots of folks may have been through before.</p>