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From: fischer@netmbx.UUCP (Axel Fischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Load Average
Message-ID: <2910@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 89 15:40:10 GMT
Reply-To: fischer@netmbx.UUCP (Axel Fischer)
Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany
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I'm just wondering why my system *always* displays a load average of 1.00
when I do nothing.
It's Xenix Sys V 386 Release 2.3.1

When i execute the /usr/bin/w command and nothing has happend the last 15
minutes (excludes gettys, a talk server, cron and lpsched)
w shows me:
"stuff about uptime"   1.00  1.00  1.00

Is ist normal to have a load average of at least 1.00 ? At my company we have
a SUN 3/50 it displays almost 0 (around 0.10) when nothing happens.

Also the Public Domain load average prg that has reached me just several days
ago display the same values as /usr/bin/w.

Could anyone please answer that ? And if it's NOT normal to have at least 1.00
what is wrong ?

Thanks,
	Axel
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