PostgreSQL What's Next

The document discusses PostgreSQL's future focus on monitoring and administration. It argues that as computing moves to a "cloud" model with many servers and software, administration tasks will need to be automated to monitor and manage numerous virtual and physical servers with fewer administrators. Some prototypes for PostgreSQL workload and performance monitoring tools are presented as examples of helping address these emerging "cloud" generation administration needs. The overall goal is to develop performance monitoring as a web service to help database administrators manage tasks.