Hi, So, does load average: 0.35, 0.47, 0.53, mean there are only 0.53 jobs running and waiting over the last 15 minutes ? executing TOP in the shell shows me atleast 15 different processes..
If at the same time, the CPU Usage is 100%, what does this mean ? 0.53 jobs is consuming 100% of the CPU ? It appears, that I am posing questions beyond the context of Nagios so I will stop here :) appreciate though any more clarifications.. Regards, sg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tiernan, Michael C. Sent: quarta-feira, 10 de Maio de 2006 14:43 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Check_load On Behalf Of Derek J. Balling Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Check_load > "load average" is the number of processes (average) in the > wait state over a given period of time. Actually, it's the number of processes available to be run, that includes those running. (i.e. the Run queue). A 20 processor machine with one job per processor and each processor "running at 100%" is a load of 20 where the same machine, with the same 20 jobs running *and* 10 jobs waiting to run has a load of 30. And as Mr Balling rightfully said, it's averaged over 1min, 5min, 15mins by the OS itself. Now, this is what I've found on Solaris machines and Red Hat Linux machines along with the SGI machines I wrangle. It *is* possible that some other OS defines it differently. (a.k.a. "Never say Never.") -- << MCT >> Michael C Tiernan UNIX Systems Admin II Charles Stark Draper Lab., Inc. 555 Technology Square/MS #33 Cambridge, MA 02139 ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
