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Date:      Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:21:46 -0600 (CST)
From:      David Fleck <david.fleck@mchsi.com>
To:        gpt@tirloni.org
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Strange load averages on 5.3-STABLE
Message-ID:  <20050310071851.D98716@grond.sourballs.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050310131240.5ee338b5@montana.myrte.ma.cx>
References:  <42302BF1.70305@tirloni.org> <20050310131240.5ee338b5@montana.myrte.ma.cx>

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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Michael Ross wrote:
>> last pid: 771; load averages: 176.65, 770.13, 926.55 up 0+00:03:13  08:11:07
>>
> Your may have compiled kernel and userland from different sources.
> " and programs like ps(1) and top(1) will fail to work until the kernel and source code versions are the same." from the handbook is what comes to my mind.

I've also seen ridiculously-high load numbers when NFS-mounted filesystems 
are inaccessible.  Usually that degrades system performance, though.

--
David Fleck
david.fleck@mchsi.com



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