Re: {bb} CPU Load: Windows vs UNIX

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 19:33, Lose, James wrote:
> How do the CPU load values returned by the Windows and UNIX BB agents
> compare? Is there a way to equate the two?

The short answer is no.

As I understand it, the Windows value is utilization (the inverse of
idleness) while Unix load is based on the number of processes waiting
to run. BB multiplies the Unix "load average" value by 100 so that
the integer arithmetic can be used.

The best analogy I can think of is a bank. The Windows value would be
equivalent to the proportion of time that a teller spends serving
customers. The Unix value would be the average number of customers
waiting in the queue.

Cheers, Phil.



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