[hobbit] newbie question about event duration

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