Re: Load average way too high

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From: Michael A. Crowley
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:29

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Andreas Karrer (karrer@bernina.ethz.ch) wrote:
> john@phobos.sscl.uwo.ca (John Tucker) writes:
> 
> >We are running Ultrix 4.2A on a miscellaneous bunch of Decstations 
> >(3xxx's 5xxx's) and are running into a strange problem.
> 
> >Every once in a while with no real pattern, the load average (as reported
> >by w -u) climbs and gets up around 3.50.
> 
> I have seen this on 4.2a too: apparently the load av counter gets mixed
> up by an integral number every now and then; your "3.50" should
> probably be "0.50".  It usu fixes itself within a day or a half, or by
> a reboot :-(
I have seen this behavior also on a VAX with 4.2 and 5000/240 with 4.2a.
The machines are not acting loaded, so I have assumed that it
was some sort of stuck counter.  However, I have not seen it
fix itself.  Any idea what might be done to increase the chance of
this value getting reset by other than a reboot?

mike

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