Joel Carnat wrote >well, compared to my previous box, running NetBSD/xen, the same services >and showing about 0.3-0.6 of load ; I thought a load of 1.21 was quite much.
Different systems will agree on the spelling of the word load. That is about as much agreement as you can expect. Does the 0.3-0.6 really mean 30-60 percent loaded? 1.21 tasks seems kinda low for a multi-tasking system.