How many errors before an alert is triggered

[smudau (Sipho Mudau)]

Hi there

The guidance says that 5 consecutive errors must occur before a notification is triggered. We have been seeing a high number of repeated errors in our email alerts (which is expected).

I would like to know: since the default for an alert is 5 consecutive errors, does this mean that the next alert will be triggered after another 5 errors? Or after the next error?

Put differently, if I am seeing a source on the error list on 1 day and then again the next day, does this mean there have been 6 consecutive errors or 10 consecutive errors?

Many thanks!

[ajitk (Ajit)]

@smudau

I would like to know: since the default for an alert is 5 consecutive errors, does this mean that the next alert will be triggered after another 5 errors? Or after the next error?

it should be triggered after the next 5 errors.

@smudau

Put differently, if I am seeing a source on the error list on 1 day and then again the next day, does this mean there have been 6 consecutive errors or 10 consecutive errors?

it should be at least 10 errors in total. please note that the first 5 and the next 5 don’t need to be consecutive but can be.

what do you observe in the log?