On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Casey Bralla wrote:
> Ok, but I'm still confused. How is the load averages calculated? Is
> it (processor time per task)/ (total processor time)?
>
>
If I understand it right myself, it is the average number of processes
that are waiting for the processor. A load average of 0 means any time
a process is ready to run, there is a processor free to run it. A load
average of 1 means on average, it is going to have to wait for one other
process to give up an interrupt, or block waiting for sometheng. A load
average of .1 means 9 times out of 10 ther will be a processor free, and
it can get right to work, but once in awhile it has to wait.
OOn some mainframes it was called dispatcher queue depth, and it often
ran 3-10 on good days.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
___________________________________________________________________
Get the Internet just the way you want it.
Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month!
Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
