From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 13:47:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C3E106566B for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:47:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zeus@relay.ibs.dn.ua) Received: from relay.ibs.dn.ua (relay.ibs.dn.ua [91.216.196.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7805F8FC08 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay.ibs.dn.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.ibs.dn.ua with ESMTP id oAADbUOI078805 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:37:30 +0200 (EET) Received: (from zeus@localhost) by relay.ibs.dn.ua (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oAADbUCm078804 for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:37:30 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:37:30 +0200 From: Zeus V Panchenko To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101110133730.GC16153@relay.ibs.dn.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE X-Editor: GNU Emacs 23.2.1 Subject: load average numbers ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: zeus@ibs.dn.ua List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:47:49 -0000 Hi All, i run FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE amd64 on several boxes the hardware is much different (from asus AT5NM10-I to supermicro servers) and what is confusing are the load average numbers i see often ... load averages: 1.01, 1.02, 1.14 while launching top to see, who is eating CPU, i see no process consuming more than 0-0.1% ... how to understand, what is the cause, la ~1.0 -- Zeus V. Panchenko GMT+2 (EET)