Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor log file for inactivity?

2008-07-23 Thread Marcel
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Mark Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 22, 2008, at 7:56 AM, Sean Carolan wrote: > > I have heard that check_by_ssh can cause a lot of overhead on large > > networks where there are many checks going on at the same time. Can > > anyone give some practica

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor log file for inactivity?

2008-07-22 Thread Mark Young
On Jul 22, 2008, at 7:56 AM, Sean Carolan wrote: > I have heard that check_by_ssh can cause a lot of overhead on large > networks where there are many checks going on at the same time. Can > anyone give some practical numbers here? I have about 160 machines > that need to be monitored, most of t

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor log file for inactivity?

2008-07-22 Thread Sean Carolan
> It all depends on how the application writes to a log file. Simply > checking the log file for age or size might not determine if the > application is running accurately. I just tested my log file and it updates the time stamp in more or less real time. The check_file_age will probably work pe

Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor log file for inactivity?

2008-07-21 Thread Mark Young
On Jul 21, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Sean Carolan wrote: > How would you use nagios to monitor a log file for inactivity? I was > looking at the check_file_age plugin and thought it might work for > this purpose. It all depends on how the application writes to a log file. Simply checking the log fil

[Nagios-users] Monitor log file for inactivity?

2008-07-21 Thread Sean Carolan
How would you use nagios to monitor a log file for inactivity? I was looking at the check_file_age plugin and thought it might work for this purpose. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challe