8 Jun
2003
8 Jun
'03
01:16
On Sunday 08 June 2003 02.13, David Herman wrote:
Unfortunately what I want to know what is causing excessive SYSTEM LOAD
System load is a system statistic. It is the number of processes in state "runnable", "running" or "uninterruptible" (meaning they're hanging somewhere inside the kernel), averaged over a period of time. If you don't have several small tasks running repeatedly, then the system load is probably caused by the third number, the processes hanging inside the kernel. Those could be caused by almost anything, from bugs in the kernel (or kernel drivers) to faulty or extremely slow hardware. Running or runnable processes are marked by "R" in top and ps, uninterruptible by "D"