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Re: [cobalt-developers] CPU Load average - acceptable
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] CPU Load average - acceptable
 
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxx>
 
- Date: Wed Apr 18 10:19:22 2001
 
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
 
Dico Reyers wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I am wondering what an acceptable load average is on my CPU.  I have a
> Raq4r and occasionally go and check this information.. usually this number
> is very low (less then .10).  What does this number max out at?
loadavg is an average of the number of tasks waiting to be run over a given
interval.  Notice it comes in three colums.  These are the 1 minute, 5
minute, and 15 minute loadavg.  There is no limit, but once you cross about
40, it gets to be pretty hard to use..
-- 
Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@xxxxxxx