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- Write any custom Nagios checks and let the Nagios server poll the URLs. This option was rejected because the network checks should be done from the same host that does the metarefresh process. Otherwise subtle changes in network access lists, firewall, OS and library versions might yield different results.
- Runs Run separate Nagios checks through/from the same host that does the metarefresh process. This approach was rejected because with dozens of URLs, any non-responsive URLs would significantly increase the time it takes to run the Nagios plugin.
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