# you can disable an alarm notification by setting the 'to' line to: silent alarm: active_processes_limit_freebsd on: system.active_processes os: freebsd hosts: * calc: $active units: processes every: 5s warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (75000) : (80000)) crit: $this > (($status == $CRITICAL) ? (85000) : (90000)) delay: down 5m multiplier 1.5 max 1h info: the number of active processes to: sysadmin alarm: active_processes_limit on: system.active_processes os: linux hosts: * calc: $active units: processes every: 5s warn: $this > (($status >= $WARNING) ? (25000) : (26000)) crit: $this > (($status == $CRITICAL) ? (28000) : (30000)) delay: down 5m multiplier 1.5 max 1h info: number of active processes to: sysadmin