Performance question

[Alan Fiebig]

>What you are referring to is not the what is called the load of the
>machine.
>
>The load is the output of the uptime command:
># uptime
>  3:05pm  up 97 days,  7:32,  3 users,  load average: 0.76, 1.03, 0.98
>
>Top also displays these values.
>
>The % numbers are labelled:
>CPU states: 21.0% user,  3.1% system,  0.0% nice, 75.7% idle
>
>in my top output.  A healthy system uses very little system time.

Ah, Linux semantics vs. M$ semantics. Thanks for that, it really helps.

My TOP shows system time 55%-65% range most of the time.

-Alan