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OFF TOPIC: load average figure in TOP

From: KC <kchan_at_speednet.com.au>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 03:35:51 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002C1E8D.20010302030025@fatcity.com>

Dear list,
 

The load average figure shown in top,
does it represent average number of running jobs or running jobs + jobs ready to be run. One of my machine had 4 CPU, sometimes the load average is > 10, so I guess the load average number is not just running jobs. Any ideal??
 

Kam Received on Fri Mar 02 2001 - 05:35:51 CST

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