Warning alert timings

[puspharaj]

Hi There,

I am using nagios for the past 2 year and i recommended this product to my new company and we have successfully running without any problem and i need to know few things here.

The first one is load_average issue please see my attached image is this normal or should i take immediate lookup ?

I just want to know one more things is that can i increase the warning alert to 3 min to half day alert. i'm saying this is only for warning not for critical alert.

Any help greatly appreciated

Thanks
Puspharaj

[agriffin]

A good rule of thumb for Linux load averages is that your load shouldn't exceed the number of CPU cores in your system. In this case your load is hovering around 7.50, so you should be fine if you have 8 or more cores. Otherwise you will need to take a look at reducing the amount of work your system is doing.

As for the alert question: I can't think of a way to do this without coding up some kind of hack-ish custom notification command.