multiple threshold for nagios plugin for check_load

[helpcodemonkey]

hi,

i studying nagios plugin configuration and i see one of the line as this:

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check_load -w 20,15,10 -c 30,25,20

i understand -w is to check warning threshold and -c for critical threshold. what i am not sure is the comma separated values. what does it mean for -w 20,15,10? and likewise for -c 30,25,20. will check_load return warning if the value falls above 20, 15 and 10?

regards,
christopher

[tmcdonald]

Loads in Unix systems are expressed in 1, 5, and 15 minute intervals. Those comma-separated values are used to specify warning and critical levels for those three intervals. In this case:

Warning at load of 20 over the last minute, or load of 15 over the last 5 minutes, or load of 10 over the last 15 minutes
Critical at load of 30 over the last minute, or load of 25 over the last 5 minutes, or load of 20 over the last 15 minutes

[helpcodemonkey]

hi, thank you for the explanation.