[CentOS] Big load

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.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com