It gives you a view of all CPU core usage in addition to load averages, memory usage, and more. In this example, the server has 4 CPU cores. The load average over 15 minutes is 1.15.

The load-average calculation is best thought of as a moving average of processes in Linux's run queue marked running or uninterruptible. The words “thought of” were chosen for a reason: that is how ...

Before I explain how to diagnose and fix high load though, let's take a step back and discuss what load means on a Linux machine and how to know when it's high. Uptime and Load When administrators ...

I have numerous systems running kernel 2.2.16-22 (RedHat 7.0), that have ALL exhibited very odd load average figures. With NO processes running, load average was reported as 1.0. Add the G@H ...