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Re: [cobalt-developers] CPU Load average - acceptable



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..

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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@xxxxxxx