regarding RAM, I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what is
the way to configure lilo and grub to use all the 256M of RAM.
Currently, the linux mandrake that I have uses only 64M RAM even though I
have 256M of RAM on my comp.
Kindly help
Vivek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raju Mathur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: [linux-delhi] How to find server performance
> Hi Lokesh,
>
> The load average (loadavg) is a measure of how many processes have
> been ready to run but waiting for CPU availability in the past 1, 5
> and 15 minutes. It's a very rough estimate of system load: the higher
> your loadavg, the more busy the CPU is. However, it's neither
> reliable nor translatable, since some machines come to their knees
> with a loadavg of 1 or 2, while others I've seen keep chugging away
> merrily with loadavg's of 50 or more.
>
> Since system load isn't a single-dimensional parameter, you'd do best
> to use the Linux process accounting features to measure load on
> various components like CPU, RAM, swap, disk I/O, serial I/O, etc over
> a period of time. Then you can decide which are the bottlenecks (if
> any) on your system and upgrade the appropriate component.
>
> Have a look at the Process-Accounting mini-HOWTO (slightly outdated),
> and the sysstat package (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/).
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Raju
>
> >>>>> "Lokesh" == Lokesh Bhog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Lokesh> Dear all, Can anyone explain what is the meaning of load
> Lokesh> average in the top command and also how can one monitor a
> Lokesh> server for a week.
>
> Lokesh> How can it be determined that the server is loaded and the
> Lokesh> CPU needs to be upgraded?
>
> Lokesh> Regards, Lokesh
>
> --
> Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
>
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