[mrtg] Re: system load avg * 100

[Fauteux, Joe]

thanks for the explanation guys - makes sense  - 

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex van den Bogaerdt [mailto:alex at ergens.op.het.net]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 7:25 AM
To: Mrtg (E-mail)
Subject: [mrtg] Re: system load avg * 100



On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 07:05:31AM -0500, Fauteux, Joe wrote:

> Ive seen alot of example graphs on the web for System load average. What is=
>  the purpose of multiplying the output by 100?

Ever noticed the load average can become < 1.0 ?

MRTG cannot handle non-integers.  Anything between 0 and 1 (non inclusive)
is truncated to 0.

Warning (to everyone):  Multiplying by 100 does *not* make it
a percentage.

Alex
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