As far as I know it is still not possible to log test results to an odbc database, without enabling the common log (logging to disk). It would save a lot of resources to be able to log to a database server without logging the same data to a text file on disk.
Which means the file will be recreated at least every 50 seconds (which again uses a lot of resources). Perhaps logging to a null device is an option??
When opening the options dialog, it will not allow you to enter (or leave) an empty field for the log file, so you have to make the entries in the HostMon.ini file by hand for every setting you change, using the options dialog......