[CentOS] Big load
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Aug 17 15:15:00 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 09:18 -0400, Linus Hicks wrote:
> Okay, I'm having a disconnect here. None of these graphs make sense to me. The
> system load as stated in the legend on the graphs is composed of 1, 5, and 15
> minute averages. Under steady load conditions, these averages should converge.
> The graphs don't show that, although the numbers listed do. The graph seems to
> be showing the additive value of all three load averages which is bogus (or at
> least misleading).
What graphing tool are you using? If you have the sysstat package
installed,
'sar -A' will give you ten-minute snapshots of the values among lots of
other things that might help you understand what is happening.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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