[Xymon] How to calculate CPU Load Average

[Bill]

If you would like to auto calculate CPU load based on cores, there is a
script posted to xymonton.org that can do that:
https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:cpu-load-calc
Yes, a little self promotion as I wrote it, but its working well in our
environment and should do the trick for what you are trying to do.
BillOn Wed, 2017-10-25 at 00:45 -0400, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
> Personally, I'd say that your warn and panic levels should be set to
> let you know when something abnormal is happening, rather than trying
> to calculate based on cores.  When you have a couple of weeks of cpu
> load data in the graphs, you should be able to see the load average
> your server normally runs at.  Set the warning level a bit above that
> so you get a warning if some process starts hammering the cpu. 
> That'll tell you something unexpected is starting.  Set the panic
> level somewhat higher.
> 
> Ralph Mitchell
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:49 PM, venkat v <velpulavenkat6 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Team,
> > 
> > 1)Please help me how to calculate cpu load average i need to
> > configure alerts in xymon.
> > 2)if i have 4 cores in server what is average load. 
> > 3)in xymon default values 
> >    LOOAD 5.0 10.0 
> > how to configured these values.
> > NOTE : which values based on configured defaults values (LOOAD 5.0
> > 10.0 ) in xymon.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Venkat Yadav
> > 
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