well, if you think load average is more important then where I'd rank it, that's up to you. I think it's just one of a handful of things to watch, and only carries so much weight. In and of itself it doesn't mean much to me, only when combined with other factors do I pay it much mind.
On 6/26/05, Ian mu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, think we're getting somewhere a bit better now. I will disagree > though, load should be on the list of concerns. If you have a load of > 5 on a gameserver box, you should be looking as to whats happening as > they may be having problems. > > I.e you don't use load to tell you about your cpu, you use load to > tell you about how your system is currently working, and you have to > take into consideration how many active processes you have when > looking at the value. > > I.e two scenarios, lets say we have 4 gameservers on a single cpu > machine, and currently is using 30% cpu in total and a load of 4. I'd > be worried as the servers may not be performing that well, chances are > some would be complaining of lag and hitching. At the same time you > could have 4 servers using 75% cpu and a load of 1. This I'd be a lot > less worried about (but would be watching closely) and gameservers > would generally be performing better than the previous scenario. -- Clayton Macleod _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
