>>> On Thu, Aug 9, 2007 at 11:49 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > What is the best explanation of load average I can give my boss.
It's just the number of processes that are ready to run, or waiting for an I/O interrupt. Nothing at all to do with how busy the CPU is. It's useful only in terms of "this system normally has a load average of 3, and now it's at 25; I wonder what's changed?" Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
