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Date:      Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:25:10 +1000
From:      bsd-freak@mbox.com.au
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Load Averages etc.
Message-ID:  <276623274e2c.274e2c276623@mbox.com.au>

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Hi again everyone,

What do the actual figures for Load Average mean? I know they are CPU
usage at 1 min 5? and 15 mins but what does a load average og .6 or 1.0
or 1.5 mean? are they percentages? If so how can a load average go over
1.0 ?  ...


thanks...


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