Performance question

[Lindsay Snider]

On Wednesday 08 October 2003 15:02, Alan Fiebig wrote:
> >Alan,
> >
> >CPU load is not a % but an absolute number indicating the number of
> >ready to run processes in the system.  A load of 10 indicates that 10
> >processes are fighting for the CPU...
>
> If this is the case, then why does TOP have a percent sign next to the
> stat? If TOP shows:
>   91.4% idle
>
> does this not mean that my CPU load is not (100% - 76.4%)= 8.6%?

It is possible for your cpu to be 91% idle and your load to be 15.  It might 
be that 15 processes want to be running but they are waiting on the disk.

>
>
> That's really confusing, they should get rid of the percent sign then.
>
> -Alan