Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 21:37:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Load averages. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950921213504.24101A-100000@aries.ai.net> In-Reply-To: <199509220113.SAA27285@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Terry Lambert wrote: > > How are load averages calculated? > > When you find out, please put it in the man pages for vmstat & w & uptime. Okay, perhaps I mis-stated the question. Yes, I know that load averages are the average number of uncompleted jobs at any time [1, 5, 15 minutes if I remember correctly]. My question is why when a system is idle 95% of any second is it having any load average whatsoever? As always, thanks for your time and insightful answers. -Jerry.
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