How do you read the WHM Load Averages line?

microvax

• June 04, 2021 10:12

Hello, I was wondering how do you read the Load Averages line shown in the attached picture that is from my dedicated server. Is it low or highly loaded?

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  quietFinn

  • June 04, 2021 15:17

  It's impossible to say without knowing how many CPUs your server has.

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  microvax

  • June 04, 2021 15:23

  The output of the nproc command is 8 [07:33:32 server root@94332314 ~]cPs# nproc

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  quietFinn

  • June 04, 2021 15:34

  Then that looks fine. " The load average is relative to the number of cores available in the server and not how they are spread out over CPUs. This means the maximum utilization range is 0-1 for a single core, 0-2 for a dual core, 0-4 for a quad core, 0-8 for an octa-core, and so on. "

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • June 04, 2021 16:47

  Thanks @quietFinn !

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  ffeingol

  • June 04, 2021 16:49

  Also, the 3 numbers represent the 1, 5 and 15 minute load averages. Load on Linux is basically processes waiting for resources.

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