Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:34:59 -0400 From: Henry M <henry95@gmail.com> To: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: load average with multi-core CPU's Message-ID: <CAK1r8CVTJC4LKDB7CC254PdWLGHqiTbndW7aFTJ6pOwLvTcTuA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.v175r5oh34t2sn@cr48.lan> References: <CAK1r8CX_c3Rap4GfqbzV%2BA9QBaWq%2BwJ-h-K44gFVJYeS6wY=0w@mail.gmail.com> <op.v175r5oh34t2sn@cr48.lan>
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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 <feld@feld.me> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M <henry95@gmail.com> 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<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** > unsubscribe@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >
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