Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 16:26:03 -0400 From: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load average calculation? Message-ID: <38E8FE5B.CD2FD3E6@cvzoom.net> References: <200004030410.XAA75906@celery.dragondata.com> <v04220803b50e28f8c977@[194.78.233.215]> <38E8DEEF.7224C9A@geocities.com> <v0422081fb50e9396d772@[195.238.1.121]> <38E8E960.2C5A8FD5@cvzoom.net> <20000403221222.A2019@tony.dorf.wh.uni-dortmund.de>
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Patrick Mau wrote: > On all Unix-like systems I know, the load average is the average mumber > of processes running during a given time interval. I can't see what use > it may have to count load for _waiting_ processes. > > I/O load is not process load, if a process waits for I/O completion it does > not use up its timeslice. I think we ought to re-examine the definition of load average. By load, we mean an actual load on the cpu, and waiting processes aren't really exerting a cpu load. So, by that reasoning I say waiting processes don't count. - Donn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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