RE: OFF TOPIC: load average figure in TOP

Hi,
 Those figure represent average number of jobs in the run queue waiting for CPU (in the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes). If this number is consistently more than twice the number of CPUs, you may have CPU bottleneck.

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

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> Subject: OFF TOPIC: load average figure in TOP
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> 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

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