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The example above indicates that on average there were 2.20 processes waiting to be scheduled on the run-queue measured over the last minute.Ī system load of 2.0 is not very high. Here the last three number representing the system load average for 1, 5 and 15 minutes respectively. In Multiprocessor system, load 2 mean 100 % utilization of we are using dual-core processor, load 4 means 100% utilization if we are using quad-core.Ģ2:49:47 up 11:47, 4 users, load average: 2.20, 1.03, 0.82 This number is not normalized according to your cpu. More than 1 - If the traffic on road is higher than the capacity of bridge and cars have to wait to pass trough the bridge.1.0 -If the traffic on the road is exactly the capacity of bridge.0.0 - If there is no traffic on the road.Ĭonsider a single-core cpu as a single lane of traffic with bridge and process as cars. It is run-queue i.e a queue of processes waiting for a resource(cpu, i/o etc.) to become available. If the load average is less than the output of nproc, you don't need to worry.Īlso see: What does load average mean in unix/linux?Īs Braiam notes, the processes need not be waiting only for CPU: Understanding load average vs. Should you be worried that the load average is 2? In general, if the load average is greater than the number of CPUs available, then some process had to idle around waiting for a CPU slot. That means, over the last minute, on an average, 0.05 processes have been waiting for resources. TheyĪre the same as the load average numbers given by uptime(1) andĬonsider my load averages: 0.05, 0.16, 0.21 Giving the number of jobs in the run queue (state R) or waitingįor disk I/O (state D) averaged over 1, 5, and 15 minutes. The first three fields in this file are load average figures
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The load averages stated here are: /proc/loadavg