[LUAU] Load Average Question

[Matt Darnell]

> > Aloha,
> >
> > After goggling (sp?) load average I was surprised at how controversial
> > it is.  It also make we wonder about the CPU % we get from Micro$oft.
> >
> > Anyway.....If I have a server with a normal load average of ~ 0.20 & I
> > load up an SMP kernel with an additional processor, should the load
> > average drop to ~ 0.10 or can the load average go higher with less
> > worry?
> 
> as with many things, "it depends".
> 
> If you're really CPU bound, then... maybe.
> 
> I could, if you wanted the demo, artificially raise your load average
> to > 300 and you'd still have a nice, crisp system.
> 
> what are you trying to do?

We have a server that sometimes has has a load averavge of 1.0 or a
little higher.

We are adding another processor to help with the load.

Sometimes the server can be kind of sluggish.  I think the SMP will
help b/c there are lots of processes that can be divided.

-Matt