> > Aloha, > > > > After goggling (sp?) load average I was surprised at how controversial > > it is. It also make we wonder about the CPU % we get from Micro$oft. > > > > 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? > > as with many things, "it depends". > > If you're really CPU bound, then... maybe. > > I could, if you wanted the demo, artificially raise your load average > to > 300 and you'd still have a nice, crisp system. > > what are you trying to do?
We have a server that sometimes has has a load averavge of 1.0 or a little higher. We are adding another processor to help with the load. Sometimes the server can be kind of sluggish. I think the SMP will help b/c there are lots of processes that can be divided. -Matt
