On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Francois Pussault <[email protected]> wrote: > > load is not realy a cpu usage %. > In facts it is sum of many % (cpu real load, memory, buffers, etc...) > that explain why load can up over 5.0 for each cpu without any crash or freeze > of the host. > > we should consider load as a "host" ressources %... this is not real of course > but this is more real, than considering it as only cpu use. > >
"The load average numbers give the number of jobs in the run queue averaged over 1, 5, and 15 minutes...." from top(1).
