On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Stephen Thompson wrote: > shows a consistent load average on Solaris of between 0-1 (occasional > peaks above) and a consistent load average on Linux of 2-4 (occasional > peaks above, though seldom below unless "literally" idle). > [...] > To say the least, this is rather disappointing as a Linux fan. > Does anyone have an explanation or remediation for this?
Since you have the same name as me, I'll reply :) What you are probably seeing is the fact that I believe that the load average is not measuring the same thing on Solaris and Linux. On Linux, it includes processes in uninterruptible sleep (eg disk I/O), and on Solaris it does not. It is reasonable for the value to be higher on Linux. Whether or not either method of calculation is more reasonable is of course a different question. Steve ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Thompson E-mail: smt AT vgersoft DOT com Voyager Software LLC Web: http://www DOT vgersoft DOT com 39 Smugglers Path VSW Support: support AT vgersoft DOT com Ithaca, NY 14850 "186,300 miles per second: it's not just a good idea, it's the law" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
