Hi Nilesh Go through following link http://immike.net/blog/2007/07/27/what-exactly-is-a-load-average/
This is output Of Machine which Has 12 Cpu's Load Average 1 Min 0.212 5 Min 0.159 15 Min 0.059 CPU Usage %user 0.08 %sys 0.35 %intr 0.05 %gfxc 0.00 %gfxf 0.00 %sxbrk 0.00 %idle 99.52 --- In [email protected], Nileshkumar Pitroda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Mayuresh > > I want to know the difference between load average and CPU usage. > > > To: [email protected] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:53:17 +0530 > Subject: Re: [Linux_Mantra] Load average and CPU usage. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Nilesh, > > I think u r talking about the o/p of #uptime command. Instead u can try #sar command which shows o/p in following form, > > > > # sar 1 4 > > %usr %sys %wait %ideal %avg if u add %usr,%sys,%wait it will give u CPU usage. > > > > --- On Mon, 3/11/08, Nileshkumar Pitroda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: Nileshkumar Pitroda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Linux_Mantra] Load average and CPU usage. > > To: "Linux Vadapav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Linux Daemon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Linux Mantra" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, 3 November, 2008, 1:55 AM > > > > All, > > > > How we can differentiate Load average and CPU usage. > > > > Regards > > > > Nilesh Pitroda > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > > Want to explore the world? Visit MSN Travel for the best deals. > > http://in.msn. com/coxandkings > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. > http://in.msn.com/coxandkings > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
