Node status

["Dearman, Richard" <rdearm1@UIC.EDU>]

Currently it takes me 15 minutes before I know a node is down.  I want to
decrease this time to less than 5 minutes.  I plan on deploying MLM's to
reduce the load on my Netview server but I don't know how many to deploy to
get the status level I desire of less than 5 minutes notice.  Is there any
document, chart or rule I can use to esitmate how many MLM's to deploy to
get a desired response time.

Thanks
Brian