SOLVED: Monitorix Values

[modem7]

Hey guys,

I'm a lil' bit confused on monitorix.



What do the values mean on the CPU load average, specifically the 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 etc?

Many thanks!

[bigfoot65]

Not sure.

Load averages are a Linux thing, so not specific to Monitorix.

A simple search on the internet yields this article on understanding-the load average on linux and other unix like systems.

[modem7]

Not sure.

Load averages are a Linux thing, so not specific to Monitorix.

A simple search on the internet yields this article on understanding-the load average on linux and other unix like systems.

Ahhah! Wasn't aware of that!

This sentence pretty much explains all I need to know:

You probably have a system with multiple CPUs or a multi-core CPU. The load average numbers work a bit differently on such a system. For example, if you have a load average of 2 on a single-CPU system, this means your system was overloaded by 100 percent — the entire period of time, one process was using the CPU while one other process was waiting. On a system with two CPUs, this would be complete usage — two different processes were using two different CPUs the entire time. On a system with four CPUs, this would be half usage — two processes were using two CPUs, while two CPUs were sitting idle.

Thank you!