Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 17:06:52 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loads on a Web/Shell Server Message-ID: <15312.41980.693724.651064@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <133771165@toto.iv>
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Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net> types: > Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> writes: > > > The load averages are, at best, a comparative indication of the change in > > load of one system over time. Unless your system is really unresponsive, > > you needn't pay much attention to the load averages. If your system IS > > really unresponsive, make a note of the load average, and see what is > > eating all of your resources. > My desktop system usually has load < 0.10, but under 4.2 & 4.3, it would > a few times per day jump up to hover around 1.0 for about 20 minutes. > Network device lights show no internet traffic, "ps" and "top" show > nothing using unusual CPU or memory. Xosview (which runs continually) > shows nothing unusual. In several weeks with 4.4, I've only seen this > once, IIRC. Any ideas what could cause that behavior? (I'm fairly sure > that my system monitoring tools (or anything else) have not been cracked.) If it's there for 20 minutes, I'd look for disk activity. I don't know if xosview will show that or not, but gkrellm does. If you haven't, check the cron logs. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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