Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:29:55 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: load average with multi-core CPU's Message-ID: <op.v175r5oh34t2sn@cr48.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAK1r8CX_c3Rap4GfqbzV%2BA9QBaWq%2BwJ-h-K44gFVJYeS6wY=0w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAK1r8CX_c3Rap4GfqbzV%2BA9QBaWq%2BwJ-h-K44gFVJYeS6wY=0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M <henry95@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the > load > average on top/uptime is actually displaying? Load average is "average number of processes in the run queue" for the 1, 5, and 15 minute intervals. If you have a quad core CPU a 4.00 load average means you've been keeping the CPU busy at 100%. Does that make sense? Regards, Mark
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