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With nagios (nagios3), the normal check interval is set to 5 minutes, and the retry is set to 1 minute. If your services are not that critical, you can increase the default check interval, perhaps from five minutes (or 600 seconds) to something like 10 minutes or 15 minutes. Look for a file like generic-service_nagios.cfg in your configuration directory, possibly: /etc/nagios3/conf.d/generic-service_nagios2.cfg Then you can find the corresponding lines to make the edits you need: define service{ name generic-service active_checks_enabled 1 passive_checks_enabled 1 parallelize_check 1 obsess_over_service 1 check_freshness 0 notifications_enabled 1 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 1 failure_prediction_enabled 1 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 notification_interval 0 is_volatile 0 check_period 24×7 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 max_check_attempts 4 notification_period 24×7 notification_options w,u,c,r contact_groups admins register 0 }