Comments on: Linux Load Average explained http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/ An IT professional living in London. Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: mike http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-18947 mike Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:11:42 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-18947 you are awesome. you are awesome.

]]> By: Catalin http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4743 Catalin Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:51:24 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4743 great article. This is exactly what I need: step by step guide doubled by exact explanations. Good job! great article. This is exactly what I need: step by step guide doubled by exact explanations. Good job!

]]> By: Mike http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4737 Mike Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:32:34 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4737 I didn't ever need this until I got a linux virtual instance with only 256 megs of RAM =\ I didn’t ever need this until I got a linux virtual instance with only 256 megs of RAM =\

]]> By: Wael ElMasry http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4710 Wael ElMasry Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:52:02 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4710 Dears, Kindly correct me if i am mistaken. I disagree with the above in the part of checking the SY and US , its just saying the total amount of time the user/system processes is talking from the CPU time (so,its simply a function of time) , you may have many process waiting for the processor to handle , and you can normally find the the SY and US is low. Thank you. Dears,

Kindly correct me if i am mistaken.

I disagree with the above in the part of checking the SY and US , its just saying the total amount of time the user/system processes is talking from the CPU time (so,its simply a function of time) , you may have many process waiting for the processor to handle , and you can normally find the the SY and US is low.

Thank you.

]]> By: kudzu74 http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4692 kudzu74 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:43:44 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4692 Clear, concise and to the point...just what I was looking for. Thank you for taking the time. Clear, concise and to the point…just what I was looking for. Thank you for taking the time.

]]> By: esc http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4655 esc Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:36:59 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4655 hi, do you know why Linux load average counts uninterruptable process? FreeBSD8 does not, after checking sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c, kern_synch.c. However Kernel 2.6.27 does based on Linux/kernel/sched.c, and timer.c. Also, if you know... is there any changes made the method of load average calculation after Kernel 2.6.16? Unfortunately I could not find sorce code for kernel 2.6.16. If you know anything about it, it is very helpful. hi, do you know why Linux load average counts uninterruptable process?

FreeBSD8 does not, after checking sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c, kern_synch.c.
However Kernel 2.6.27 does based on Linux/kernel/sched.c, and timer.c.

Also, if you know… is there any changes made the method of load average calculation after Kernel 2.6.16?

Unfortunately I could not find sorce code for kernel 2.6.16.
If you know anything about it, it is very helpful.

]]> By: Dileep http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4614 Dileep Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:23:11 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4614 very nice, further these types of diagnosis articles would be very helpful. thanks. very nice, further these types of diagnosis articles would be very helpful. thanks.

]]> By: games http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4608 games Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:47:45 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4608 Good article, easy to spot any bottleneck which slows down the system. CPU, Network, Disk, Process, and RAM. Good article, easy to spot any bottleneck which slows down the system. CPU, Network, Disk, Process, and RAM.

]]> By: Andre Lewis http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4598 Andre Lewis Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:13:06 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4598 Thanks for the clear, concise post on load averages -- I used it as a reference for my own writeup: http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2009/07/31/understanding-load-averages. Cheers! Thanks for the clear, concise post on load averages — I used it as a reference for my own writeup: http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2009/07/31/understanding-load-averages. Cheers!

]]> By: jdd0x01 http://www.andymillar.co.uk/blog/2006/12/24/linux-load-average-explained/#comment-4596 jdd0x01 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:21:22 +0000 http://www.sir-millar.com/blog/?p=130#comment-4596 cpu %id means idle, not doing anything cpu %id means idle, not doing anything

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