Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:34:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Load averages. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950920233129.10457A-100000@aries.ai.net>
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I know this is a fairly simple question, but for the life of me I don't remember. How are load averages calculated? We have a machine that [according to vmstat] is idle on average 96% of the time. Yet its load averages [during the same period] can be .20, .47 or even .01. There is very little, if any, swapping going on, and there is some very fast hard drive storage. Any ideas? Obviously, this isn't a crucial consideration unless we hit 10.0 or something, but its intellectual. Thanks, -Jerry.
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