Thanks- That's what I thought it was. I'm trying to settle an argument at work : )
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Mark Felder <f...@feld.me> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M <henr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the load >> average on top/uptime is actually displaying? >> > > Load average is "average number of processes in the run queue" for the 1, > 5, and 15 minute intervals. If you have a quad core CPU a 4.00 load average > means you've been keeping the CPU busy at 100%. > > > Does that make sense? > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questions<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** > unsubscr...@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org>" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
