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Hi Folks

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12:24pm up 2 days, 3:12, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

what does the load average figure mean..

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The "load" is (basicly) the number of processes who are waiting for a cpu. The load averages are for 1, 5, and 15 minutes. With all three at zero, it means that your system wasn't too busy....at least for the past 15 minutes.
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Hi Perderabo


Thank you very much for the quick reply..

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