its ok.. regds
--- Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Bijoy Paul wrote: > > |This sounds something differenet from what Raju > was > |telling. So i made a google search and got two > links > |with contradictory information, 1 supports raju > and > |the other kingsly.. > > |http://lithos.gat.com/docview/load_average.html > |http://www.useforesite.com/uptime.shtml > | > |Also if kingsly is right what does it mean by a > load > |average of 405 (as Sridhar mentioned) !!!!!! > | > |So how to come to a conclusion...???? > > My knowledge of this comes from what I either read > on some website or what > someone told me on IRC a few years ago.. not exactly > out a textbook/manual. > > If you run john(the ripper) on a machine > > 1 instance Load = 1.00 CPU =100% > 2 instances Load = 2.00 CPU=100% > 3 instances Load = 3.00 CPU=100% > > and when you run two instances of john ... the > performance is down to > 50%(each) ... and so a load average of over 1.00 > definitely results in > system slowness, that lead me to believe that the > explaination was > correct... > > But going by the other theory ... it would be okay > to have load averages > of over 1.00 ... but ofcourse they jobs would need > to be small ones.. that > end quickly.. so the system slowness won't be > noticed. > > Maybe somebody can give us a link to some more > authentic docs. > > Kingsly a.k.a "Someone" :o) > > PS: > > I once noticed a load avg of 99 on a clients > machine... with no processes > running ..but there was no system slowness either > ... but after a reboot > it got back to normal numbers so I have no idea how > that happened. > > On my machine the load once shot to 13 when too many > instances of > festival started due to a flood of messages on icq.. > and the slowness was > really noticable on my p3-733 .. infact I noticed > the system becoming > dead slow before the deafening tts output hit my > ears. > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
