>>>>> "Kirk" == Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kirk> "Safe"? I think you should be more interested in CPU states Kirk> than load average. For example, consider running 50 webserver Kirk> processes, all of which are in an I/O wait state. Your load Kirk> average may be near 50, but your CPU may be sitting mostly Kirk> idle. As another example, pretend you're running an RC5 or no. "load average" refers to the average length of the run queue. processes blocked on I/O are not on that queue. to the OP: there's no such thing as a "safe" load average. however, higher than normal load averages might indicate something wrong, runaway processes or a misconfigured package or something. "normal" depends on the context: my development workstation rarely rises above 1, but my ISP's shell server is often >10. -- joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
