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color=#0000ff size=2>Gavin,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609192821-08102008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Load average is (more or less) the average length of the
run queue for a UNIX-style system (someone once posted a link to a more precise
definition on this forum). For your system, a load average value of
15 means that an average of 15 processes are waiting to use the CPU -- a
problem for most systems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609192821-08102008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If you look at the trends button, you will probably find a
CPU utilization graph that shows a split between user, system, and idle CPU
usage.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609192821-08102008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>CPU utilization shows how busy the CPU(s) is/are, but load
average shows the impact of a busy CPU on the system's
workload.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609192821-08102008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>I once had a system that spiked to 200+ in the load average
display. This problem was traced to a problem in some multi-threaded code
where the threads were going into infinite loops one by one until all of them
were locked up. Amazingly enough, the system still responded to
interactive usage, but v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Gavin Leonard
[mailto:gleonard@progrexion.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 08, 2008
4:16 PM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] Load
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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?<o:p></o:p></P>
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