[BLUG] OverLoad!

Holy schnikies!

[root@reality root]# uptime
08:50:29 up 2 days, 23:07, 58 users, load average: 806.52, 756.43, 998.38
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:50:30 up 2 days, 23:07, 58 users, load average: 806.52, 756.43, 998.38
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:51:34 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 537.12, 869.90, 1021.24
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:51:47 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 660.41, 885.35, 0.65
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:51:52 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 714.83, 892.90, 7.84
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:51:54 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 764.89, 900.32, 15.00
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:52:07 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 853.46, 914.83, 29.20
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:52:09 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 892.50, 921.90, 36.25
[root@reality root]# uptime
08:52:10 up 2 days, 23:08, 58 users, load average: 892.50, 921.90, 36.25
[root@reality root]#

Wow, I think the highest I ever saw the load on a machine go up until
this point was 350 or so. I've never even heard of 4 figure load
averages. It seems to reset the number after 1024 (2**10). But its
a float so hmmm.

Actually, I have a log that keeps track of it and this is actually the
3rd time that its gone over 1024 so the load is now something like 3500.
Crazy.

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Mark Krenz
Bloomington Linux Users Group
http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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