Load Averages

It is based on physical processors or cores?

-Gavin

From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:28 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Load Averages

It is not a percentage.

http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/NJG_LUV_2002/luvSlides.html

Simply put the load is how much calculator power your box is doing.  I have seen servers that have a value of several hundred load on a day to day basis.

The biggest reason for it being monitored is to watch what is usual and when you see a spike, ascend, descend, etc, you have a history to compare it to.  This value will be different for nearly every single server.

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On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Gavin Leonard <user-d65663809eb4@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-d65663809eb4@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

I am getting pages from my hobbit server when some of my linux systems are hitting 15 on their load avg. does that equate to something worse than it sounds? Cause 15% load average on a linux system does not seem that bad? Or is it not a percentage?


Gavin Leonard


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