Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:00:33 +0200 From: Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: interpreting uptime output Message-ID: <460BFEC1.2060901@designaproduct.biz>
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From the manual: > NAME > uptime -- show how long system has been running > > SYNOPSIS > uptime > > DESCRIPTION > The uptime utility displays the current time, the length of time > the sys- > tem has been up, the number of users, and the load average of the > system > over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes. This is great, except that it does not tell me what "0.5" means? Example: 1:41PM up 5 days, 2:22, 4 users, load averages: 0.36, 0.42, 0.51 The only referenced material in the man page is w(1) which tells this: > The load average numbers give the number of jobs in the run queue averaged over 1, 5 and 15 minutes. What are those "jobs"? I guess they are not processes. What is that "run queue"? Which is better, the lower or the higher number? Thanks, Laszlo
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