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Date:      Sat, 22 Apr 2000 12:20:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Scott <gsi22419@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU.EDU>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Load Avg was: Dual Processors
Message-ID:  <Pine.A41.3.96.1000422121556.50074A-100000@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01a401bfac75$16cd7d20$0100a8c0@blade>

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> Hehe, I ran both programs and sure enough they both were using 98% and 99%
> CPU time. So I take it that little test was successful, as now the load
> average is 2.2.
> 

Is there any correct and accurate reference to what a load average means?
Mine runs as high as 1.8 and it's a single cpu machine.  Whereas on
a server it runs at 2.2 and it's an 8way machine, and I know it's usually
running at about 50%.  However that machine runs AIX 4.x

-scott



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