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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Load average in a multi CPU machine Post 302757029 by RHCE on Thursday 17th of January 2013 03:07:46 AM
Old 01-17-2013
Load average in a multi CPU machine
I had the query as to whether the load average in a multi CPU machine should be

(load average/no of CPUs)

We have 4 CPU on our VMware RHEL instance, so the load average should be

Load average/4.

I hope, my question is clear.

Please revert with the reply to my query.

Regards
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

multiload_applet

MULTILOAD_APPLET(1)													       MULTILOAD_APPLET(1)

NAME

       multiload_applet - Multiload (cpu, load average, memory, net, swap) applet for the GNOME panel.

SYNOPSIS

       multiload_applet [ --activate-goad-server[=GOAD_ID] ]

DESCRIPTION

       multiload_applet Contains 5 applets.

       CPU Load Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->CPULoad

       Load Average Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->Load Average

       Memory Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->MemLoad

       Net Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->NetLoad

       Swap Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->SwapLoad

OPTIONS

       --activate-goad-server
	      (Internal use only) GOAD server ID to activate

	      GOAD_ID may be:

	      multiload_cpuload_applet start the cpu applet.

	      multiload_loadavg_applet start the load average applet.

	      multiload_memload_applet start the memory applet.

	      multiload_netload_applet start the net applet.

	      multiload_swapload_applet start the swap applet.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

								  10 februar 2002					       MULTILOAD_APPLET(1)
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