This means it's the number of processes that are fighting for the cpu..
Thus it's tells you how many processes arn't getting cpu time.. So if you
are not SMP a load avg of 1 says your cpu is completely in use and as it
increases it's telling you that your system is becoming bogged down..
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
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> I am curious - how are the values in /proc/loadavg calculated?
>
> 'man w' reveals, that it is the load averaged over the last 1, 5
> and 15 minuted.
>
> Somewhere I have read, that the load is calculated as the
> "average number of processes in the run queue".... (or it could
> just have been the voices in my head?)
>
> Somehow I find the information a little sparse, and any pointers
> to information will be greatly appreciated.
>
> If the question _is_ offtopic, then accept my apologies in
> advance.
>
> Thanks
>
> - --thomas
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