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Adding system load

clarjon
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Hi there, How do I add a monitor to watch the system load from a linux machine, so I can send an alert if the load gets too high? Thanks!

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LCM
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I'd download the *nix app. Is the easiest & quite a good way in my opinion. Tab "CPU" offers you eg. CPU (load) consumption.

http://splunkbase.splunk.com/apps/All/4.x/App/app:Splunk+for+Unix+and+Linux

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