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john commented on the word load average
From Wikipedia: "In UNIX computing, the system load is a measure of the amount of work that a computer system is doing. The load average is the average system load over a period of time. It is conventionally given as three numbers that represent the system load during the last one, five, and fifteen minute periods."
October 21, 2007
seanahan commented on the word load average
It's always been when I see the fifteen minute load average at around 30.00. I'm pretty sure this means something is going terribly wrong.
October 21, 2007
john commented on the word load average
I think the meaning of the number varies from server to server, and depending on what the processes are doing. I've seen servers that consistently ran around 9 or 10, and held up fine. Wordie (which is on a VPS) basically stops functioning at 2. I once saw a box hit 220, to my astonishment. Must have been glowing white. It keeled over immediately after hitting that mark.
October 21, 2007