[mythtv-users] how to interpret loadaverage on mythtv backendstatus page

[Paul Barker]

On Tue, October 4, 2005 8:35, anders smith said:
> how do I interpret loadaverage on mythtv backendstatus page or when
> running
> top?
> I usually get numbers around 4, but is that good or bad (when grabbing and
> inserting it runs up to 6)?
> thanks
> anders
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If you want some depth try these two articles:

Part 1

http://www.teamquest.com/resources/gunther/ldavg1.shtml

Part 2

http://www.teamquest.com/resources/gunther/ldavg2.shtml

Be warned though - this is pretty deep water ;-) although the start of
part one does a fair job of explaining what the numbers mean.

Cheers
Paul