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mikeshn 08-21-2003 03:11 PM
Load average calculation ?
 
How the "load average" in Linux is calcualted? What are dependent variables?

Thanks

stickman 08-21-2003 04:42 PM
The load average is the average number of jobs in the run queue.

Shade 08-22-2003 03:13 AM
What is the "nice" level based on?

My load average is currently 0.01 0.06 0.10 as shown by top.

cpu usage is
3.6% user, .3% system 0.0% nice, and the rest idle.

What is that "nice" percentage anyway?

:)

-Shade

leonscape 08-22-2003 03:17 AM
The percentage marks how busy the nice threads are.

The threads that play well with others, and you think I'm kidding :)

Soft realtime threads

mikeshn 08-27-2003 02:53 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by stickman
The load average is the average number of jobs in the run queue.
Jobs are processes? Right?


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