Elephantshark, a Tool to Monitor Postgres Network Traffic
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The HN community shares a tool called Elephantshark for monitoring Postgres network traffic, with a generally positive reaction to the tool's name and introduction.
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OP here. Elephantshark builds on top of some simple Postgres proxy scripts in Ruby I’ve been using for a while.