> load average is a time averaged thing and in the case of a
> 'thundering herd' problem you will see the LA spike up and
> come down again over time.
>
> Do you see any problem as a result of this? Or is it just curiosity?
>
> you might want to use KTR or ktrace with scheduling events if you
> re
On 8/11/10 11:56 AM, markham breitbach wrote:
On 11/08/10 11:59 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
Hi--
[...]
Sorry for the limited data, It's hard to know where to draw the line between
useful data
and information overload, but I'm more than happy to supply whatever other info
you might
find usef
On 11/08/10 11:59 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Hi--
>
> On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:04 AM, markham breitbach wrote:
>> I am running into an issue where I am seeing load average on a server
>> suddenly jump from
>> nominal values around 0.5 to anywhere from 10 up over 70 in under 1 second.
>> This does
Hi--
On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:04 AM, markham breitbach wrote:
> I am running into an issue where I am seeing load average on a server
> suddenly jump from
> nominal values around 0.5 to anywhere from 10 up over 70 in under 1 second.
> This does not
> seem to be related to CPU overload, and LA imm
Good Day,
I am running into an issue where I am seeing load average on a server suddenly
jump from
nominal values around 0.5 to anywhere from 10 up over 70 in under 1 second.
This does not
seem to be related to CPU overload, and LA immediately begins to fall back
again to
nominal. This does