Bryan,
You're on the right track understanding check_load. There are 3 values
for warning level and 3 values for the critical level, one each for the
1-minute, 5-minute, and 15-minute load averages. For the check_load
plugin, a warning or critical state is achieved if any one (not all
three)
I've got a 24 core box over here, obviously I need to tweak the
configuration of the check_load plugin as it seems designed for a single
core machine by default.
define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description