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David Lang wrote (ao): > P.S. I would love to be told that I'm just ignorant of how to monitor > these things independantly. it would make my life much easier to learn > how. I use vmstat and top together to determine if a system is (too) busy or not. vmstat gives a good indication about the amount of disk IO (both regular IO and swap), and top sorted by cpu or memory shows which processes are responsible for the numbers. You as a human can interpret what you see. I don't think software should do anything with the load average, as it does not reflect the actual usage of the hardware. With kind regards, Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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