Record High Load Average

[Brain in Neutral]

>From article <1704 at ucsd.EDU>, by brian at 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 at primate.wisc.edu		rhesus!dubois
bin at primate.wisc.edu		rhesus!bin