From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 28 15:30:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D9C16A469 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:30:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (pointyhat.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5E513C4BE; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:30:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <4724AB2D.4070805@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:30:53 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario Lobo References: <47232945.10506@gmail.com> <47248E9E.8030203@googlemail.com> <472490DC.1010506@FreeBSD.org> <200710281158.42750.mlobo@digiart.art.br> In-Reply-To: <200710281158.42750.mlobo@digiart.art.br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU usage 100% but no process hogging CPU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:30:51 -0000 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