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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Record High Load Average
Message-ID: <273@indri.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: 12 May 89 14:58:31 GMT
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From article <1704@ucsd.EDU>, by brian@ucsd.EDU (Brian Kantor):
> 
> Yesterday we got our network connections unjammed and our mail gateway
> 'UCSD' set what I think may be the record for a Vax-750: 85.3.  And this
> is on a machine which has NO users, just sendmails.

I once got up over 50 for a short while on my VAXstation 2000 under
similar circumstances.  It made my surface plot of the month's activity
look a bit strange; large areas of slightly ripply plains surrounding
the tower of Babylon.

> Truly a frightful experience.

That's for sure...

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu		rhesus!dubois
bin@primate.wisc.edu		rhesus!bin