From: "Joe Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You're seeing load avgs that high, eh? And I assume to individual
> vservers are still performing well?
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a machine that wasn't nearly deadlocked
> with load averages anywhere near that high...So I'm guessing this is a
> sign of the flaws in load avg calculation.
>
> If you don't mind my asking, what does a 'vmstat 1' say about your CPU
> user/system usage and CPU idle during a high load period? I think that
> tends to be a better display of what load the box is seeing and how much
> more it can handle.
>
Ditto. In my experience a server with a constant load average over 1.00 is
being pushed to the limits. If it gets up to 47 then it's nearly unusable,
and needs attention fast!
Simon Garner
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