From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 20:35:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5729106564A for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:35:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from henry95@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 934DF8FC14 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws11 with SMTP id 11so4480700vws.13 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:35:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=laiibP/Xtx3MWmGuczHYvqKRQDozMQVVEDpUUOqgLOY=; b=xEIBFZhouAYpcy+AENYUwDKIh3oP6ew3ocLzdEGqXK7Rmu0YP9w8LTlUsnMoray/Uc ZsjrJJt7GF7ouxvJYbhEos05XkE5QiimCbWLQroMDG1TifJ29IFw9LqmUq7VoHIkR/Dj Irq66PHxbxD3tU5g4zkVx5H3QFIYD82TU59cM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.70.230 with SMTP id p6mr2498534vdu.228.1316723699856; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:34:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.162.198 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:34:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:34:59 -0400 Message-ID: From: Henry M To: Mark Felder Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: load average with multi-core CPU's X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:35:01 -0000 Thanks- That's what I thought it was. I'm trying to settle an argument at work : ) On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the load >> average on top/uptime is actually displaying? >> > > Load average is "average number of processes in the run queue" for the 1, > 5, and 15 minute intervals. If you have a quad core CPU a 4.00 load average > means you've been keeping the CPU busy at 100%. > > > Does that make sense? > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** > unsubscribe@freebsd.org " >