[hobbit] newbie question about event duration

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:51:01AM -0400, Tim Hauber wrote:
> Can some one explain, or just point me to an explanation, how hobbit computes duration of an event?  
> 
> I am using a standard hobbit installation, on debian testing, testing 63 hosts.  I have not changed any test intervals from the default. I don't understanding how a system which checks every 5 minutes, and rechecks every minute can return a connectivity down event less than a minute long.

It's really simple: The ordinary check and the re-check are not
synchronized. So the re-check might happen 10 seconds after the
ordinary check, or it might happen 59 seconds after the ordinary check.


Regards,
Henrik