> -----Original Message----- > From: Sandeep Narasimha Murthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:26 AM > To: Tiernan, Michael C.; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Check_load [...] > 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.. Right but are they runnable? Also, remember, the execution time of these process, on the speedy processors we have today might be a jiffy or so and will hardly show up as running but contribute to the overall time that processes have been on the runnable queue.
> If at the same time, the CPU Usage is 100%, what does this mean ? 0.53 > jobs is consuming 100% of the CPU? The "runnable" queue (used for load numbers) is defined as the number of jobs that could run "right now" if a processor was free to run them PLUS the ones that the processors are running now. As I remember, the percentage of CPU usage is measured by the amount of time that a job is not in the "runnable" queue but in the "running" position (or on a processor). > It appears, that I am posing questions beyond the context of > Nagios so I > will stop here :) appreciate though any more clarifications.. I agree and have to get back to work. Good luck! ------------------------------------------------------- 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
