IT Support NZ wrote:
A load average of 15-16? Shouldn't there be a decimal place in that somewhere? e.g. Load average of 0.15 to 0.16?
If memory serves me well and you are using the same load average stats I do then that figure indicates you have 15 to 16 processes waiting on average per CPU. No wonder it went belly up.
Yes. But I've "clocked" my load average (1024 - see the list archives) and the machine has still be reasonably responsive interactively. It depends a lot on the preocesses involved.
Cheers, Carl.
