Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > Hello everyone, > > /proc/loadavg currently reports the following: > > 0.96 0.98 0.78 1/116 23994 > > xload also reports roughly the same. > > But top and ps both report a nearly idle system (98% idle). What is going > on? How can I find out what is causing my system to be so busy?
I've seen load averages of 14 and 16 when the CPU usage was on 10%. The two are usually, but not necessarily, related. There are certain types of work where this behaviour will be seen. Even low amounts of I/O to a slow device, if done by enough processes could cause this. -- Paul <http://paulgear.webhop.net> -- Did you know? If you receive a virus warning from a friend and not through a virus software vendor, it's likely to be a hoax. See <http://paulgear.webhop.net/virus_hoaxes.html> for more info.
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