I am new to NetSaint too, but I think that NetSaint can currently save state information in a text file, and in the next version (v0.0.7 in beta RSN) there will be support for native storage of "status, retention, comment, and extended data" in PostgreSQL! See Nos. 9 and 17 in
What's new in 0.0.7
Janine: One of my goals is to begin to build an OpenACS monitoring solution, so I don't want to build an OpenACS module and OpenACS-centric extensions that depend on Big Brother because of its non-opensource license. From a technical standpoint, Big Brother looks like a fine tool, but I've concentrated on its open-source competition.
