You should have replied to the original thread, easier for people who go through the list archives to find valuable information like this.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Dominic Baranski < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was waiting for someone to actually talk about how load average > works.. Thank you! You're the first person to actually mention that > load average is the "length of the process queue on the system". Now, > if anyone looks into this further they will immediately find that load > average for one system will not mean the same for another.. > > For example http://s02.legionofboom.org/monitorix/imgs/cpu1.week.png > shows my system at LA's hitting well over 10 (during busy times) and I > nor anyone else on my servers have experienced lag. (thats running with > a -fork 20 btw) > > So my point is.. load average is only a possible indicator of problems > and should not be taken as the "end all" for performance monitoring. > > On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 10:50 -0800, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:15:46 -0600 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] hlds_linux Digest, Vol 9, Issue 199 > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Keep in mind that load average is an expression of queue depth. Some > > types > > of servers can handle deep queues with no visible impact shown to the > > end > > user. Gameservers are not that kind of animal. They require > > constant, > > nearly instantaneous updates in both directions in order to have truly > > smooth, seamless play. In the past, any time I saw load average above > > one I > > saw an impact of some sort. > > > > A load average above 3 seems to manifest itself in L4D servers in some > > unpredictable ways that can generally be ignored by most players. > > > > If you don't want to keep sending jarring notes that throw your > > players off, > > you really want to see your load average below 2. This should be true > > regardless of the number of CPUs that you have in your box. Thus, my > > comment in an earlier email about converting one of my public servers > > back > > over to Steam group only. Having 2 dedicated to just the Steam group > > will > > still let people fill up the public servers first and use the two > > semi-private ones as relief. > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- --------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
