On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:07:33PM -0700, patrick keshishian wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:50 AM, Richard Toohey > <richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > On 3/06/2009, at 10:02 PM, BARDOU Pierre wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have performance issues on a OpenBSD 4.4 firewall. > >> CPU load is OK (always below 50%), but system load is always between 1 and > >> 1.5, it may go up to 2 sometimes. > >> > > [cut] > > > > And what is the actual *problem*? > > > > What is pf failing to do? > > > > Or are you just worried about the numbers? B Search the archives for "high > > load" ... > > just for the record, i have seen a server where its typical load > floats around 0.10 or so, but then something will happen and the > plateau will get bumped to 1.10 and remain there. this was an 4.5 > system.
A sudden, significant, "permanent" change in load merely says that something happened that may be interesting. It doesn't tell you anything about what happened or if it's even a problem. > I have not identified what "event" caused this. I've seen similar > issue with a couple of linux boxes at work where the load avg plateau > will keep rising: it'll hover around ~3, then say ~6 then ~13. i don't > think the issues are related, but could be caused by similar bugs in > kernel. I've seen this too over the years on *BSD and Linux or a variety of machines. Usually a few minutes with top(1), systat(1), et al will show you what's going on. Until you find out there's not much to do. A change in load is like getting a billing statement with "Important: changes to your account" printed on the envelope. You can run around waving the envelope asking what changed, or you can look inside and find out. > All systems continue to be responsive and it only seems that the > reported load avg value is just bumped by a base value. It is > definitely odd. So it's not a problem... yet. It may never be a problem. Or it could be. Open the envelope and spend a few minutes reading the contents. ;-) -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
