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From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
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Subject: Re: Funky load average
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Tom Samplonius wrote:

>   This seems to fall into the "And why is this a problem?" category.
> 
>   The load average represents the average number of process in the run
> queue or short term wait.  No evidence to suggest that isn't the correct
> value for your system.

The problem is that I'm not 100% sure they aren't waiting on something
that needs to be upgraded, such as network connectivity, disk i/o (after
all this IS a new system which I haven't fully proven yet), etc. etc.

Perhaps the better question would have been "Is there a way to tell what
the waiting processes are waiting on so I can determine whether I should
just ignore the load average and get on with my life?"

- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE
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