Around Fri,Oct 11 2002, at 03:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 01:44:55PM -0500, scott.list wrote: > > Hi guys: > > > > can someone explain the what the load averages numbers mean for the > > uptime command > > > > i.e. 1:42pm up 4:31, 1 user, load average: 1.28, 1.09, 1.06 > > > > I know what the three are, but what does 1.28 mean? 1.28% of 100% > > load, 128% of max? What DOES the 1.28 reflect? > > FDrom the man page: > > uptime gives a one line display of the following information. > The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users > are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, > 5, and 15 minutes. > > so from your output you had a utilization of 128% for the past 1 minute, > 109 % for the last five, abd 106 % for the last 15 minutes. >
from man top: The load averages are the average number of process ready to run during the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From /usr/bin/fortune: You can fool some of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, and that is sufficient. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
