Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:22:15 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> To: <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Load Averages etc. Message-ID: <007601c0b8e1$c42cda00$029b140a@danco>
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>What do the actual figures for Load Average mean? I know they are
>CPU usage at 1 min 5? and 15 mins but what does a load average og
>.6 or 1.0 or 1.5 mean? are they percentages? If so how can a load
>average go over 1.0 ? ...
The Load Average is the number of processes in the system run queue averaged
over various periods of time (1 sec, 5 sec, 15 sec).
Basically, it's the number of programs waiting to run. Anything over 3
indicates your computer is overloaded...
--Dan
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