how to get 'availability' of server using only active checks

[mconigliaro]

im going to rephrase my question since i didnt get a response last time i asked. is there any way to get the 'availability' of a server using only active checks?

it seems to me that if no data is received within a certain period of time, then the server must be down. does zabbix have a way of checking for this?

[bbrendon]

I'm bringing this thread back to life thanks to my google search

Okay. This whole active agent thing is GREAT. The problem I have is that if there are a lot of events being grabbed from the windows eventlog, the agent doesn't do ANYTHING until its done downloaded eventlogs. This could take 5, 10, 15 or 60 minutes. During that time, the server gets marked as DOWN in zabbix. [This happens with other items as well, but mostly the eventlog]

Is there a solution to this?

It would be GREAT if i could determine the availability of all the enabled items relating to a server. Is this somehow possible? I can't think of a way

tia!