check_load opinion

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

First, I think you have a typo.  Hopefully what you've written isn't how you
have it in your config file.  I imagine you meant to make the final comma a
period, thus:

  check_load_ssh!5.00,5.05,5.50!9.00,9.10,9.50

Second, you *might* want to lower the last two values, eg:

  check_load_ssh!5.00,5.05,5.50!10.00,9.00,8.00

Of course, this would depend on whether your system is running pretty
smoothly with rare upward spikes, or whether it's running smoothly with rare
downward troughs.

To help you make the decision, can you run "sar -q" and get an idea of
whether it loses its mind slowly, or whether it happens pretty quickly?

Lastly, is the root cause of your system losing its mind out of your
control?  If brainstorming can help alleviate your pain....

jc


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Nichols [mailto:jnichols at pbp.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:42 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_load opinion
> 
> 
> check_load_ssh!5.00,5.05,5.50!9.00,9.10,9,50
> 
> Does that look good?
> 
> I just want it to bug me if the load average gets
> over a certain level. I have a box that likes to go insane on 
> occasion and
> the load average hits 250.0 before I can get to it. Services still
> respond, albeit slowly.. that's why the normal Nagios checks 
> don't alert
> me to the problem.
> 
> Otherwise, "check by SSH" has saved me a ton of time & headache. :-)
> 
> Thanks!
> -Jonathan
> 
> 
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