Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:18:27 +0200 From: Johan Pettersson <johpe159@student.liu.se> To: Johan Petersson <kjep@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU load vs. load average Message-ID: <20000828111827.A467@b41.ryd.student.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <20000827143851.6744.qmail@nwcst319.netaddress.usa.net>; from kjep@usa.net on Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 04:38:50PM %2B0200 References: <20000827143851.6744.qmail@nwcst319.netaddress.usa.net>
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On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 04:38:50PM +0200, Johan Petersson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I recently discovered that when I send or receive a fax using HylaFAX > and a class 1 modem the load average goes up to about 0.7 while the > CPU stays at 99% idle. How can this be? I always thought that load > average was a rough measurement of CPU load but I now guess it's not? > Could someone please explain the difference to me? > > Regards > Johan Petersson > Hello! -From UNIX System Administration Handbook- The "load average", the average number of runnable processes, includes processes waiting for disk and network I/O. So it is not a pure measure of CPU use. --Johan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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