Hi Daniel, the load average value is currently absolute only. The rule of thumb usually was that load average of 2 per CPU core is acceptable, which translates to 2 runnable processes per CPU. Relative load average settings may be useful - load of 1 per each CPU would correspond to 100%, i.e. on 16 cores system load 16 = 100%, to test for load corresponding to 32 on such system the value will be 200%. The percentage would work regardless of CPU count (for example in the case of single CPU the load 100% will correspond to load average 1).
We can maybe add such option in the future. Regards, Martin On 10 Apr 2014, at 18:50, Daniel Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to have monit alert when load average exceeds the number of > CPUs, i.e. without having to set a specific number? This would be convenient > for virtual machines. The documentation seems a little vague on the subject > though. > > I did try setting load average as a percentage, but that resulted in a syntax > error. > > Thanks in advance! > -- > To unsubscribe: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general -- To unsubscribe: https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general
