linux - server load

[Jasonh100]

what is a simple way to see what the load on your server is? I remeber coming accross a command once that when you typed it in you got about 3 numbers back and the lower they were the lower your server load was. I'm having trouble finding it again.

(I saw the command in a guide to installing mod_perl -- before and after results type thing)

 

[Priit]

"w" might help for example. It also shows users on machine. "Top" is also good tool for checking the machine's condition...

 

[Jasonh100]

neither of those are what I was talking about but top has those 3 numbers I was reffering to and has more stuff.... thanks a lot!

 

[HigherGround]

uptime

or

cat /proc/loadavg

 

[Nothinman]

Probably 'uptime'

That 'load' is really just the number of running processes, it has nothing to do with memory, disk, network, etc load.

 

[Jasonh100]

yeah, uptime is what I was trying to find. I should have mentioned that the name of the command doesn't sound like it has anything to do with what it does ;-)

 

[Nothinman]

yeah, uptime is what I was trying to find. I should have mentioned that the name of the command doesn't sound like it has anything to do with what it does ;-)

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For me uptime prints the current box's uptime, along with it's average load.

 

[skeletal29]

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