Real World readings... Sun production Oracle database using Siebel... the server load should be divided by 64 cpu's... not something you need to do on HP systems... so that means that the 2091.58 was really only 522.895 :) perhaps someone should start a society to prevent cruetly to servers... LAST REFRESH : Tue Feb 3 21:15:38 UTC 2004 SERVER LOAD AVG: 346.39, 257.55, 181.39 AVG CPU IDLE TIME = 23% avg CPU spent on users = 26% avg CPU spent on system = 30% avg CPU spent on io wait = 21% Number of CPUs = 64 Run Queue (< of CPU) = 1 LAST REFRESH : Tue Feb 3 21:20:24 UTC 2004 SERVER LOAD AVG: 226.69, 261.73, 208.46 AVG CPU IDLE TIME = 26% avg CPU spent on users = 40% avg CPU spent on system = 20% avg CPU spent on io wait = 14% Number of CPUs = 64 Run Queue (< of CPU) = 1 LAST REFRESH : Tue Feb 3 21:55:56 UTC 2004 SERVER LOAD AVG: 2091.58, 2116.29, 1871.32AVG CPU IDLE TIME = 34% avg CPU spent on users = 19% avg CPU spent on system = 30% avg CPU spent on io wait = 17% Number of CPUs = 64 Run Queue (< of CPU) = 3 LAST REFRESH : Tue Feb 3 22:00:13 UTC 2004 SERVER LOAD AVG: 1066.94, 1724.39, 1774.99AVG CPU IDLE TIME = 7% avg CPU spent on users = 68% avg CPU spent on system = 21% avg CPU spent on io wait = 3% Number of CPUs = 64 Run Queue (< of CPU) = 3 LAST REFRESH : Tue Feb 3 22:10:13 UTC 2004 SERVER LOAD AVG: 34.68, 333.24, 994.91 AVG CPU IDLE TIME = 37% avg CPU spent on users = 12% avg CPU spent on system = 34% avg CPU spent on io wait = 17% Number of CPUs = 64 Run Queue (< of CPU) = 3