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by aovidi
Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:32 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Passive checks vs Active checks
Replies: 1
Views: 1763

Re: Passive checks vs Active checks

I found an answer RTFM: "Each time Nagios checks for external commands it will read and process all commands present in the command file before continuing on with its other duties." So if you have a lot of stuff processed as external commands Nagios scheduler will go crazy since all the ex...
by aovidi
Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:37 am
Forum: Open Source Nagios Projects
Topic: Passive checks vs Active checks
Replies: 1
Views: 1763

Passive checks vs Active checks

Hi guys, I have Nagios 3.2.0 monitoring a large number of host and services (2k services). Almost all of them are passive checks posting their service status directly on the cmd file using a custom application. The status of these services is posted each 2 minutes in huge blocks all at the same time...