Re: Monitoring free space on a device

[Martin Pala]

Yes, it's possible:

        if space usage > 15 gb then alert

See the manual for full syntax:
http://www.mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#space_testing

Regards,
Martin

On Aug 7, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Bernd Wurst <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Perhaps I missed something in the documentation, but how can I monitor
> if there is a fixed amount of free space on a device?
> 
> I have had monitoring with percentual measures for a while now, but as
> /home grows, I always have to adjust the values. Getting a message when
> usage is 80% of 50 GB is okay, but 80% free of 200 GB is too early to
> complain. I want to be alarmed when there are less than, let's say, 15
> GB of space available.
> 
> Can monit do this?
> 
> - Bernd
> 
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