Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:10:06 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>, "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>, <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Load Averages etc. Message-ID: <01033122110000.00273@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <007601c0b8e1$c42cda00$029b140a@danco> References: <007601c0b8e1$c42cda00$029b140a@danco>
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Dan O'Connor wrote: > >What do the actual figures for Load Average mean? I know they are > >CPU usage at 1 min 5? and 15 mins but what does a load average og > >.6 or 1.0 or 1.5 mean? are they percentages? If so how can a load > >average go over 1.0 ? ... > > > The Load Average is the number of processes in the system run queue averaged > over various periods of time (1 sec, 5 sec, 15 sec). > > Basically, it's the number of programs waiting to run. Anything over 3 > indicates your computer is overloaded... > > --Dan > Funny, I know of several very busy web-servers running FreeBSD that have load averages well over 100 and aren't overloaded. Josh > -- > Dan O'Connor > On Matters of Most Grave Concern > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com > FreeBSD Cheat Sheets > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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