Alternative to using RDBMS

[hendra]

Hi All,

I'm new to Zabbix and I have a concern of using relational database to store transactional/historical data in it which will eventually grow over the time. Does anyone have any good strategy to address this?

Another concern, if the database server crash, will the main monitoring function still works (i.e monitoring availability of other hosts and services and then sending alerts) or do I need a separate tool just to monitor Zabbix's database?

Thanks in advance.

[jruizjimenez]

You can read about Zabbix Database size on the manual

http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/...#database_size

Take a look also at server configuration file for Housekeeping parameters (i.e
HousekeepingFrequency)

I will suggest to use a dedicated database server for Zabbix, and monitor the Zabbix and database server.

I believe you can easily monitor Zabbix from other host, take a look at the API.