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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with load average? Post 302559240 by robo on Monday 26th of September 2011 01:42:56 PM
Old 09-26-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
I hope this is not homework.

Load averages are just that - load data gathered over a period of time, then averaged
ex.: disk busy % from iostat command, gathered once an hour
Code:
64%
35%
10%
average=$(( 64 + 35 + 10 ))
average=$((  $average / 3 ))
echo "hourly average = $average"

"load" can be defined as cpu utilization or disk utilization or memory utilization. Or all three. The primary concern about when load becomes an issue is when proccesses are forced to wait for the cpu, wait execessivly for I/O, wait for processes to swap in/out of memory.
thankyou jim
so how to judge what value of load average is good for a system considering approximate value for system resources
 

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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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