[hobbit] Load Averages

[Josh Luthman]

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.

Josh Luthman
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On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Gavin Leonard <gleonard at progrexion.com>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?
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