On 04/10/05, anders smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how do I interpret loadaverage on mythtv backendstatus page or when running > top? > I usually get numbers around 4, but is that good or bad (when grabbing and > inserting it runs up to 6)?
Adrian Cockcroft's definition: The load average is the sum of the run queue length and the number of jobs currently running on the CPUs. How it was explained to me: a load of 1 means there's an average of 1 job running on the system; an average of 2 means 1 job is running and one is waiting (so the system is nicely charged). This is for a single-CPU system. A load to on a dual-cpu system means on average both CPU's have 1 job running and none are waiting. So the general rule could be: load = 2 x number of cpu's means the system is nicely charged. Higher means there are more jobs waiting to be run (so you lack a bit CPU power). If you get spikes that's ok but if your load is constantly 4 it would seem your system is lacking CPU power. N. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
