This is similar to the status checks I do for our batch scheduler system. After I grab the status from the batch system, I cache it. That way it doesn't have to redo the query.
I was assuming that the normal host ping (done for the host check) would still be done by nagios. I guess your goal is to get rid of this. So I would agree. One way to get around that is to used the distributed monitoring. Nagios's distributed model (which I am partially using) is a horrible hack from what I have seen. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any open source monitoring tools that are as feature rich as nagios There are "indirect" methods under nagios that could possibly be used, as well. I think it uses some of the same framework as the distributed model, but may require less duplication. --Shane ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shane Canon voice: 510-486-6981 PSDF Project Lead fax: 510-486-7520 National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center 1 Cyclotron Road Mailstop 943-256 Berkeley, CA 94720 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
