Re: Evaluating load average

2006-05-08 Thread Theo de Raadt
I'm looking for some hints on evaluating load average. You can't. It's a statement about job queue lengths, not about how busy a machine is. And since different operating systems (and even different versions) have made various tweaks to it over the years, it is essentially a set of values you

Re: Evaluating load average

2006-05-08 Thread Tony Abernethy
Theo de Raadt wrote: I'm looking for some hints on evaluating load average. You can't. It's a statement about job queue lengths, not about how busy a machine is. And since different operating systems (and even different versions) have made various tweaks to it over the years

Evaluating load average

2006-05-03 Thread Will H. Backman
I'm looking for some hints on evaluating load average. I have a new system that is showing load averages over .50 most of the time, but I don't see that it is doing much according to systat vmstat. I figured that this machine would be way overpowered for the job it is doing. Is load average

Re: Evaluating load average

2006-05-03 Thread Ted Unangst
On 5/3/06, Will H. Backman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for some hints on evaluating load average. I have a new system that is showing load averages over .50 most of the time, but I don't see that it is doing much according to systat vmstat. I figured that this machine would be way

Re: Evaluating load average

2006-05-03 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 03:30:35PM -0400, Will H. Backman wrote: I'm looking for some hints on evaluating load average. I have a new system that is showing load averages over .50 most of the time, but I don't see that it is doing much according to systat vmstat. I figured that this machine

Re: Evaluating load average

2006-05-03 Thread Josh Tolley
On 5/3/06, Will H. Backman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for some hints on evaluating load average. I have a new system that is showing load averages over .50 most of the time, but I don't see that it is doing much according to systat vmstat. I figured that this machine would be way