Feb
25
What is Load average?
Filed Under Linux
Recently I monitored one of my servers and started wondering what “Load average” numbers mean:
After long search I found clear explanation here. Here is the summary:
The load average is a number that corresponds to the average number of runnable processes on the system. The load average is often listed as three sets of numbers (as seen here), which represent the load average for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes
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