First transmission got kicked back by mail server so I'm forwarded this note.
Hopefully it won't wind up being sent twice.
Thanks... Ben
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Subject: Re: Idle Curiosity - Load Averages
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 23:48:00 -0500
From: Benjamin L. Seals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sun, 04 Jul 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ben,
>
> I'm not sure I understand the man uptime quote: "average number of
> process ready to run..." When I run # uptime, I get load averages of
> 0.0, 0.0, 0.0. Does this mean there are no processes pending in the
> three time periods? Doesn't seem likely.
>
> Haines Brown
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Haines,
It depends on whether or not any work is being done on the PC. I booted my old
DELL 466ME running Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 and then ran the uptime command 7
times with varying time delays between each command and got the following
results:
23:36:48 up 2 min, 1 user, load average: 0.24, 0.15, 0.06
23:36:59 up 2 min, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.14, 0.06
23:37:04 up 2 min, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.14, 0.06
23:37:09 up 2 min, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.14, 0.06
23:40:57 up 6 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.06, 0.03
23:46:26 up 11 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
23:53:18 up 18 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
So, it appears that if you've got an idle machine, it doesn't take long (max of
15 minutes?) to get all three of these values to zero.
Until next time... Ben
My favorite bumpersticker --> Visualize using your turnsignals.
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Until next time... Ben
My favorite bumpersticker --> Wife and dog missing, reward for dog.
