Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:50:04 +1000 From: "Andrew Johns" <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Alejandro_Ram=EDrez?=" <ales@megared.net.mx>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Uptime basics!!! Message-ID: <002201bec9ad$5d7d4ad0$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au> In-Reply-To: <023b01bec99f$6da27920$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The load average figures are an indication of the number of processors (ie:CPU's) that would be kept 100% busy by the current processes (ie:programs) running on the machine. So, load average = 1 implies you've got a busy machine which is using 100% of it's CPU(s) (irrespective of how many CPU's you have). If the load goes to 5.3, then you are running enough processes to keep 5 CPU's 100% busy and one more CPU at 30%. Running real-time processes such as MPEG conversions, image manipulations, etc will all strive to get 100% CPU usage, so running 2 together will give a load over 2, 3 together => load of 3, etc. HTH AJ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alejandro > Ramírez > Sent: Friday, 9 July 1999 10:10 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Uptime basics!!! > > > Hi, > > I like to see the CPU usage at a given time, and when i > write uptime > command it gives me diferent values for 1,5 and 15 minutes > average, but my > simple question is wich its the highest value that a CPU can > have, because I > have notice that in sometimes it gives me 0.50, and in > another times it > givesme 2.35, and also I have seen numbers like 5.48 and I > dont know how to > interpret that in a % way. > > Thanks in Advance > > Ales > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?002201bec9ad$5d7d4ad0$4001a8c0>