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A couple notes: 1. Load averages are not directly comparable across different versions of Unix's such as FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, etc. 2. Load average is a g
by patrickgzill 17y ago
A couple notes:
1. Load averages are not directly comparable across different versions of Unix's such as FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, etc.
2. Load average is a good way to quickly check if there is anything else to look at.
However, a far better series of tools is sar plus iostat , vmstat etc. which should help you more quickly determine whether your problem is CPU, disk, or network IO .