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Please note that Mod-Gearman dropped support for Nagios Core in March of 2022. xi integration with Mod-Gearman is also not supported by Nagios Enterprises and future problems caused by using this method are beyond our control.

Multiple Nagios xi instances can be used if the size of your infrastructure or monitoring needs require you to create a distributed monitoring environment. Federated or distributed Nagios xi instances empower you to scale your infrastructure while making it easier to manage large environments and future changes. For more information on using multiple Nagios xi instances to distribute check load, visit Distributed Monitoring with Nagios xi.