On Wednesday , 2005-08-10 09:01, Matt Darnell wrote: > Aloha, > > After goggling (sp?) load average I was surprised at how
Wow, you got the cool 3D-vision goggles on your system? > controversial it is. It also make we wonder about the CPU % we get > from Micro$oft. No Comment... it would be off topic... this being a Linux list... or... What you mean "We"? (100% MicroShaft free since 1993). > Anyway.....If I have a server with a normal load average of ~ 0.20 & > I load up an SMP kernel with an additional processor, should the load > average drop to ~ 0.10 or can the load average go higher with less > worry? > > Aloha, Matt One needs to carefully analyze factors in addition to load average to determine where in your system the bottlenecks lay. Load is related to the number of tasks... running plus waiting... but upon what resource are they waiting? -- All information and transactions are non negotiable and are private between the parties. All rights reserved without prejudice. Copyright 2005 Angela Kahealani http://www.kahealani.com/
