[Nagiosplug-devel] check_disk enhancements

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagiosplug-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagiosplug-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On 
> Behalf Of Scot Jenkins
> Sent: July 16, 2006 0:14
> To: Nagios Plugin Development Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-devel] check_disk enhancements
> 
> On 7/15/06, Gavin Carr <gavin at openfusion.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > For some reason, my brain finds scanning utilisation 
> percentages much
> > easier than free space ones - contrast:
> >
> > DISK OK - free space: / 666 MB (13%); /boot 31 MB (32%); 
> /export 63118 MB (63%)
> >
> > with:
> >
> > DISK OK - utilization: / 4251 MB (87%); /boot 63 MB (67%); 
> /export 33414 MB (37%)
> >
> >
> > Anyone else wired this way?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gavin
> 
> I'll second this.  I came to Nagios from the BigBrother (BB) world.
> BB's disk checks were based on utilitization, like df(1), so I tend to
> think in terms of % used not % free.  I've found it very confusing
> trying to switch to the % free methodology.
> 
> I guess that makes me a glass 1/2 full kind of person. :)
> 

As long as we have the choice. Since not all disk are the same size, when I
see that my disk have 10% free (or is 80% full like you want) I also like to
see whenever I have 100 MB free or 100 GB free, which you'll certainly agree
makes a BIG difference :)

The "Used space" way you demonstrated doesn't give me that information and I
have to do some brain computation to evaluate whenever I have to act right
now or can go back to a peaceful sleep.


Thomas
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