Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread STeve Andre'
On 08/08/11 17:18, Andres Perera wrote: On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:04 PM, STeve Andre' wrote: On 08/08/11 12:59, Theo de Raadt wrote: Nick, this is probably the single most frequently asked question... :-) No, it is not. B In the modern world of search engines, this question lands at the same l

Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread Andres Perera
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:04 PM, STeve Andre' wrote: > On 08/08/11 12:59, Theo de Raadt wrote: >>> >>> Nick, this is probably the single most frequently asked question... :-) >> >> No, it is not. B In the modern world of search engines, this question >> lands at the same level as trolling. B If a

Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread STeve Andre'
On 08/08/11 12:59, Theo de Raadt wrote: Nick, this is probably the single most frequently asked question... :-) No, it is not. In the modern world of search engines, this question lands at the same level as trolling. If a person's first gut reaction isn't "go type 3 words into a search engine

Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread Theo de Raadt
> Nick, this is probably the single most frequently asked question... :-) No, it is not. In the modern world of search engines, this question lands at the same level as trolling. If a person's first gut reaction isn't "go type 3 words into a search engine", and instead they craft a 500 line ema

Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread David Vasek
On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Rikky Taylor wrote: I am a little puzzled by how openbsd calculated load avaerage. I have a server running 4.9 i386 that should be doing very little indeed yet has a consistent load average of 0.6-0.9 Other similar servers have consisten load averages of 0.05-0.1 when i do

Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
Rikky Taylor writes: > I am a little puzzled by how openbsd calculated load avaerage. > > I have a server running 4.9 i386 that should be doing very little indeed yet > has a consistent load average of 0.6-0.9 > > Other similar servers have consisten load averages of 0.05-0.1 > > when i do a "ps

Re: Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread Alexander Polakov
2011/8/8, Rikky Taylor : > I am a little puzzled by how openbsd calculated load avaerage. > > I have a server running 4.9 i386 that should be doing very little indeed yet > has a consistent load average of 0.6-0.9 > > Other similar servers have consisten load averages of 0.05-0.1 > > when i do a "p

Load average question

2011-08-08 Thread Rikky Taylor
I am a little puzzled by how openbsd calculated load avaerage. I have a server running 4.9 i386 that should be doing very little indeed yet has a consistent load average of 0.6-0.9 Other similar servers have consisten load averages of 0.05-0.1 when i do a "ps aux" it shows a small number of proc