Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:30:53 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mario Lobo <mlobo@digiart.art.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU usage 100% but no process hogging CPU Message-ID: <4724AB2D.4070805@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200710281158.42750.mlobo@digiart.art.br> References: <47232945.10506@gmail.com> <47248E9E.8030203@googlemail.com> <472490DC.1010506@FreeBSD.org> <200710281158.42750.mlobo@digiart.art.br>
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Mario Lobo wrote: > On Sunday 28 October 2007 10:38:36 Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Oh, you were going by the load average? That is not a measure of system >> performance, it only shows how many processes are running. >> >> Anyway, glad you resolved it to your satisfaction. >> >> Kris >> > > What would be the proper way to measure system performance/load then ? > By measuring performance, i.e. how well it performs according to whatever criteria are important to you :) You can use load measurements like load average and CPU usage to focus your performance measurements but they are not themselves performance metrics. Kris
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