Re: [Nagios-devel] PLUGINOUTPUT

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Re: [Nagios-devel] PLUGINOUTPUT

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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Thomas Braun wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> i want to change this define in objects.h:
> #define MAX_PLUGINOUTPUT_LENGTH 352 /* max. length
> of plugin output */
>
> I changed it to 4000 and nagios was starting 140 processes and overload
> my server,
>
> To whch value can i change it without any problems?
>
>
> thx for your answers.
>
> cu thomas
>


Depends on the OS and how you use the plugin. The number 352 was chosen as
a highest common denominator when passive checks are used and ssubmitted
via a pipe.

The pipe is maintained as FIFO with no interleaving. The size of 352
guarantees no interleaving...

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