From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jun 26 13:54:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from epsilon.lucida.qc.ca (epsilon.lucida.qc.ca [216.95.146.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B97C837B695 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:54:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET) Received: (qmail 6062 invoked by uid 1000); 26 Jun 2000 20:54:31 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 Jun 2000 20:54:31 -0000 Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:54:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Heckaman X-Sender: matt@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca To: Max Clark Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: interpreting uptime In-Reply-To: <004001bfdfab$9c849700$950110ac@emindnfzmj9j9m> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: localhost 1.6.2 0/1000/N Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Max Clark wrote: : : Okay- really basic question. How do you interpert the values that uptime : gives you? I know that the first value is current, five minutes, and fifteen : minutes. But what do the number values mean? At what point should I become : concerned with the machine? : : Maxwell Clark It's a matter of opinion. Some people swear that anything > 1.xx is too high. I run boxes that run constantly between 3.xx and 4.xx that never slow down, lag or otherwise act overloaded. I would start being concerned if they run > 8.xx, it's okay if they peak there once in a while, but if it's constant, you should examine what's going on. That's my opinion as it is :) * Matt Heckaman - mailto:matt@lucida.qc.ca http://www.lucida.qc.ca/ * * GPG fingerprint - A9BC F3A8 278E 22F2 9BDA BFCF 74C3 2D31 C035 5390 * -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: http://www.lucida.qc.ca/pgp iD8DBQE5V8MGdMMtMcA1U5ARAi/NAKDCX5pb/IsFEuLbgdVpHhijaltwFwCgkiXe iIxhvNiblgi1fn0JYe2C0Lw= =S7zf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message