Stephen Thompson wrote: > A couple of weeks ago we converted our Solaris (5.10) to Linux (Centos > 5.4) and are now seeing consistently higher loads. Same hardware > (literally). We monitor the load average on our server and the history > 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). > Solaris and Linux calculate load average differently, you cannot meaningfully compare between the systems.
In particular, Linux includes in the load average threads that are waiting for I/O, not just threads waiting for CPU. David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
