Hi all,
I would like to know if there is a limit of services assigned in a host; and if there is, which is the max number of services.
Thanks in advance.
Is there a limit of services in a host?
Re: Is there a limit of services in a host?
I would have to look into the code for Nagios Core to be sure (since that runs under the hood of XI) but if there is a limit I imagine it would be very high, and some rounded binary number (1024, 2048, etc.). I cannot recall someone ever hitting such a limit, though if you have too many services on a single host it becomes a nightmare to manage.
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Re: Is there a limit of services in a host?
I appreciate your reply, is there any config file where I can visualize that?
My cuestión is because we use nagios API to receive since a public cloud ,certain mount of sensors at specific host in a specific moment, so we may hold 1 sensor by host or maybe 500,
But I' am concern to reach limit of sensor by host and hence lose data.
Thanks in advance.
My cuestión is because we use nagios API to receive since a public cloud ,certain mount of sensors at specific host in a specific moment, so we may hold 1 sensor by host or maybe 500,
But I' am concern to reach limit of sensor by host and hence lose data.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Is there a limit of services in a host?
I don't believe there i such a document because I don't believe there is a hard limit.
That said, as @tmcdonald mentioned, it does becomes a nightmare to manage when you have many services on one host.
Additionally, this doesn't take into consideration that while there may not be an imposed limit, there is a limit to the amount of total hosts/services you can put on a physical machine however this also is not documented because it varies based on hardware, configuration and efficiency of the plugins you are using
That said, as @tmcdonald mentioned, it does becomes a nightmare to manage when you have many services on one host.
Additionally, this doesn't take into consideration that while there may not be an imposed limit, there is a limit to the amount of total hosts/services you can put on a physical machine however this also is not documented because it varies based on hardware, configuration and efficiency of the plugins you are using