On Sat, 3 May 2003, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> > uptime
> > This line displays the time the system has been up, and the
> > three load averages for the system. The load averages are the
> > average number of process ready to run during the last 1, 5
> > and 15 minutes. This line is just like the output of
> > uptime(1). The uptime display may be toggled by the
> > interactive l command.
>
> Thanks, but it can't be that. The three Exim 4 examples I found on the
> Internet varied from "smtp_load_reserve = 4" to "smtp_load_reserve = 20"
it actually can be. the load average for any given time interval is
"the average length of the run queue", ie the number of processes
waiting for the `running' state. for reference, see `the design and
implementation of the 4.4bsd operating system' by mckusick et al;
sorry i can't reference you to the specific page but i don't have the
book handy atm.
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