[check_postgres] RFC: New Actions

[Greg Sabino Mullane]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:02:05PM -0800, David E. Wheeler wrote:
...
> I think this is kind of neat, and could easily apply to the idle transaction stuff, too:
> 
>     --critical '15 seconds'        # same as now
>     --critical 20                  # 20 or more idle transactions
>     --critical '15 seconds && 20'  # 20 or more idle for 15s or longer
>     --critical '15 seconds || 20'  # 20 or more idle or one or more idle 15s or longer.
> 
> Thoughts?

Very interesting. I'm slightly wary of using those metacharacters. One alternative 
is to (also? only?) allow "English" equivalents:

  --critical '15 sec or 20 items'
  --critical '20 txns and 30 seconds'



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Greg Sabino Mullane greg at endpoint.com
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