Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 10:38:18 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Subject: Re: How can this 'top' command output make sense? Load over 7 and total CPU use ~5% Message-ID: <4A1A58FA.60303@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0905250133n5cd641dv6ca8e088f8fa2f33@mail.gmail.com> References: <200905241315.n4ODFB96007801@mp.cs.niu.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905242021440.33060@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <b79ecaef0905250104p55c302cdh102202d1a06a389b@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905251013500.36458@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <b79ecaef0905250133n5cd641dv6ca8e088f8fa2f33@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/5/25 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>: >>>> first - says that it's measure of CPU load >>>> then - "or waiting for short-term events such as disk I/O" - which is NOT >>>> measure of CPU load. >>>> >>> Er, what? Of course it is! >>> >> amount of disk I/O is a measure of CPU load? seems you are true expert ;) >> > > Do you ever think before you type? You regularly fill this mailing > list with crap, incorrect advice, and correcting experts on topics > that you haven't got a clue on. > > Just google load average and see for yourself. > > Remember checking things before making oneself look a fool? Perhaps > you used to do that at one time, most other people do. > > Chris > I think Wojciech means '...which is NOT measure of CPU _utilization_' In that case he's correct: whenever the CPU has to wait a lot for I/O, like network and disk, then the _load_ will go up, while the CPU _utilization_ stays low. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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