On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 04:09:29PM -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> would anyone have any thoughts about the idea of adding an
> api to obtain the system load average? i ask because i need
> it for an httpd module i'm writing, and i've now got code
> for linux, freebsd, os x, sunos, and t64u..
I could definetely see this being useful - two examples that comes to
mind are for some rudimentary dos evasive actions and the other would
be to turn off modules like mod_deflate in high load situation.
Another thing that might be useful is a mem free check.
vh
Mads Toftum
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