From 7b371f20d8e10d8d5b97869a23b745453a7c7f52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gunnar Beutner Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 12:42:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about check intervals refs #11825 --- doc/6-object-types.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/6-object-types.md b/doc/6-object-types.md index b47ca7467..b259c98c4 100644 --- a/doc/6-object-types.md +++ b/doc/6-object-types.md @@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ Configuration Attributes: icon\_image |**Optional.** Icon image for the host. Used by external interfaces only. icon\_image\_alt|**Optional.** Icon image description for the host. Used by external interface only. +The actual check interval might deviate slightly from the configured values due to the fact that Icinga tries +to evenly distribute all checks over a certain period of time, i.e. to avoid load spikes. + > **Best Practice** > > The `address` and `address6` attributes are required for running commands using @@ -1238,6 +1241,9 @@ Configuration Attributes: Service objects have composite names, i.e. their names are based on the host_name attribute and the name you specified. This means you can define more than one object with the same (short) name as long as the `host_name` attribute has a different value. +The actual check interval might deviate slightly from the configured values due to the fact that Icinga tries +to evenly distribute all checks over a certain period of time, i.e. to avoid load spikes. + Runtime Attributes: Name | Type | Description