On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Juan Miguel Paredes < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Mike314 <[email protected]> wrote: > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ CODE > > COMMAND > > 23494 user1 29 4 2392m 2.3g 181m R 100 14.9 21:55.09 10m > > task1 > > 2372 user2 29 4 985m 967m 5320 R 100 6.1 10:56.80 10m > > task2 > > As you can see there are only two active tasks with plenty of free > > memory but the load is "5.06"! > > > > How can it be? What can I do to return load to normal value? > > > > Hi! > > Note that those two tasks are on 100% CPU. Top's "load" information, > in your case, could be more related to cpu usage than memory usage, > since you're not using too much swap. Search the related man page and > documentation for top, for better understanding. Just guessing, > but... are those two tasks really taking advantage of the > multi-processing? Maybe the "atop" command, if available, could give > you more information. > > HTH, > > Juan. > > > > Those tasks a the only active (using more than 1% of the CPU). The load "5" came from some other place I can't find. atop is an interesting tool. I will look at it closely. Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
