File Size of status.dat file

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File Size of status.dat file

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Hello Team,

I need a information . My status.dat file size in increasing gradually . I would like to know whether is there any threshold for status.dat file or will there be any performance issue due to larger size of status.dat .
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Re: File Size of status.dat file

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What version of Nagios are you running? There was a bug in 4.4.x prior to 4.4.2 that could cause this to increase.
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Re: File Size of status.dat file

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i am using 3.5 nagios core . i have huge number of service and current status.dat file sige in 80mb .. will that affect the performance of nagios .
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satheesh19870819 wrote:i am using 3.5 nagios core . i have huge number of service and current status.dat file sige in 80mb .. will that affect the performance of nagios .
No, that will not affect nagios at all.
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Re: File Size of status.dat file

Post by satheesh19870819 »

Thats really great to hear .

Also i would like to know whether we have any threshold or maximum size limit of status.dat file .
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satheesh19870819 wrote:Thats really great to hear .

Also i would like to know whether we have any threshold or maximum size limit of status.dat file .
It is only limited by the filesystem and memory, I wouldn't be alarmed on most systems unless it reached over 1GB
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Re: File Size of status.dat file

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Thank you for the information . my Ramdrive hast 1 GB Space and i will keep an eye on the File system then.

Thanks again for your kind coordination .you can lock this case .
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satheesh19870819 wrote:Thank you for the information . my Ramdrive hast 1 GB Space and i will keep an eye on the File system then.

Thanks again for your kind coordination .you can lock this case .
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