Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:03:37 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: interpreting uptime output Message-ID: <20070329140337.02e990c0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <460BFEC1.2060901@designaproduct.biz> References: <460BFEC1.2060901@designaproduct.biz>
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In response to Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@designaproduct.biz>: > 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? Higher is a busier system. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_average -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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