Determine the system CPU load using uptime

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Created: Aug 30, 2003


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Using the uptime command, a measure of the system's processing load can be determined.

Running uptime on a system provides three values that relate to the system's load average. They represent the load average during the last 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 mintues, respectively. Each value represents an average of the number of processes waiting to run on a CPU. The ideal load for a system is equal to the number of processors in the system.

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