load average with multi-core CPU's

[Henry M]

Thanks- That's what I thought it was.  I'm trying to settle an argument at
work : )



On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Mark Felder <feld at feld.me> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M <henry95 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the load
>> average on top/uptime is actually displaying?
>>
>
> Load average is "average number of processes in the run queue" for the 1,
> 5, and 15 minute intervals. If you have a quad core CPU a 4.00 load average
> means you've been keeping the CPU busy at 100%.
>
>
> Does that make sense?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Mark
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