On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 08:33:28AM -0800, Fargusson.Alan wrote: > An uptime of 1 to 2 indicates that you have something running in a loop. You > should use the Linux top command, or the ps command, to find it.
If you mean that in a negative sense (a 'crashed' process in a tight loop, for example), that's a bit of a generalisation. Sure, it might be a dud process, but it could equally be your production database or web server handling a lot of work at this minute. If this is observed on a machine like one of Rob's or Adam's, you'd be right in thinking that something was wrong somewhere. Likewise, if all the intervals show almost the same number, you can see that it's not a spike of CPU usage. When I'm compiling programs on my dual-CPU systems, I regularly see load averages of 3 to 4. I've seen 6 and higher at times. A fellow I work with uses the uptime output from a *very* busy machine he administers as part of his .signature: numbers well over 400 for 1-, 5-, and 15-minute intervals. I guess I just wanted to say that load average equal to or greater than the number of CPUs is not necessarily a bad thing. As a sysadmin, the 'normal' number you'd expect to see will vary from system to system, and you get to know it -- when something abnormal appears, you "just know". :) Cheers, Vic Cross ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390