Systemload output from "w": what does it mean?
Bill Irwin
bill at twg.wimsey.bc.ca
Wed Sep 26 17:01:57 AEST 1990
I like the output from the "w" command and use it instead of "finger". I
like seeing the current process running for each user. It also gives me
some info that I am curious about.
It reports "load average" followed by three sets of numbers. These
numbers get higher as more users come on the system, as they probably
should, but why three of them? What is considered medium or heavy load
conditions? Is it measuring cpu usage and/or swapping and/or disk i/o?
I am running SCO XENIX 2.3.2. The help command doesn't know about "w".
Anyone familiar with this?
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