Load is a measure of how many processes are running or runnable and is
not directly related to % of CPU used. There are cases where Load
average is through the roof but CPU % is very low, usually when when
the server is having issues talking to NFS storage or accessing some
kind of I/O resource.
We generally monitor load average based on number of CPUs in the box.
Our standard is yellow at 1.5 * # CPUs and red at 2 * # CPUs. YMMV.
On Oct 8, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Gavin Leonard wrote:
I am getting pages from my hobbit server when some of my linux
systems are hitting 15 on their load avg. does that equate to
something worse than it sounds? Cause 15% load average on a linux
system does not seem that bad? Or is it not a percentage?Gavin Leonard <image001.gif> Director, Systems-Network Engineering T 801-828-1735 F 801-828-1704 E gleonard at progrexion.com
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