Learn all about Linux load average, and how you can use it to monitor your system and optimize your system to run smoothly.

Monitoring, anticipating, and reacting to server load is a full time job in some organizations. Unexpected spikes in resource usage can indicate a software or hardware problem. Gradual increases over ...

Stressing your Linux servers can be a good idea if you'd like to see how well they function when they're loaded down. In this post, we'll look at some tools that can help you add stress and gauge the ...

The first three numbers are the load average over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes. Load average being a measure of how busy the system is, the higher the load average the busier the system is.

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 client ...