| | Load avg is the number of processes in the running queue, which can | be either waiting to be run or actually running. | | So if you had 100% CPU usage, then you'd most definitely have a load | avg of 64, which is neither good or bad. It may simply mean that | you're using your hardware's full potential. Dear Claudio , Thanks for the reply and clarifying on the "actually running" part. below is a snapshot of the top output while the system was loaded. top - 12:15:13 up 101 days, 19:01, 1 user, load average: 23.50, 18.89, 21.74 Tasks: 650 total, 11 running, 639 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 26.5%us, 5.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 67.2%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.6%si, 0.0%st Mem: 131971752k total, 122933996k used, 9037756k free, 251544k buffers Swap: 33559780k total, 251916k used, 33307864k free, 116356252k cached Our applications does slowdown when loads are at that level. Can you please tell what else can be metered? | | If your processes are waiting but not using CPU or I/O time... all I | can think of is mcelog (it's the only application I've ever witnessed | doing that). Do check ps/top and try to find out which processes are | in a waiting state to have a little more insight. I will read more on the processes status and try to keep a close eye over it. I shall be responding after a few hours on it. regds mallah. | | -- | Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list | (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) | To make changes to your subscription: | http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
