Comments on: Get CPU / System Load Average on Ubuntu Linux http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: brainextender http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-72149 brainextender Tue, 19 May 2009 09:23:18 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-72149 I'm a little curious how to get the load of a single core from the /proc file system? I’m a little curious how to get the load of a single core from the /proc file system?

]]> By: Bob http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-47401 Bob Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:50:29 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-47401 You can use the grep command to monitor the CPU load average: top -b | grep -2 "load average" You can use the grep command to monitor the CPU load average:

top -b | grep -2 “load average”

]]> By: Steve http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-44146 Steve Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:19:55 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-44146 I know top can give you the usage for each core. I'm not sure if it does it out of the box, or if there's any special configuration required. 1787 processes: 1782 sleeping, 2 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped CPU0 states: 7.0% user 5.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 87.0% idle CPU1 states: 18.1% user 1.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 80.0% idle CPU2 states: 33.1% user 0.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 65.0% idle CPU3 states: 40.0% user 2.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 57.0% idle CPU4 states: 7.1% user 0.1% system 0.0% nice 3.0% iowait 88.0% idle CPU5 states: 7.1% user 29.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 62.1% idle CPU6 states: 25.1% user 1.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 72.1% idle CPU7 states: 16.0% user 0.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 83.0% idle For example this would be shown right at the top for a multi-core system. I know top can give you the usage for each core. I’m not sure if it does it out of the box, or if there’s any special configuration required.

1787 processes: 1782 sleeping, 2 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU0 states: 7.0% user 5.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 87.0% idle
CPU1 states: 18.1% user 1.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 80.0% idle
CPU2 states: 33.1% user 0.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 65.0% idle
CPU3 states: 40.0% user 2.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 57.0% idle
CPU4 states: 7.1% user 0.1% system 0.0% nice 3.0% iowait 88.0% idle
CPU5 states: 7.1% user 29.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 62.1% idle
CPU6 states: 25.1% user 1.0% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 72.1% idle
CPU7 states: 16.0% user 0.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 83.0% idle

For example this would be shown right at the top for a multi-core system.

]]> By: oliver http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-39503 oliver Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:50:06 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-39503 Hi, do you know how to get the load on each processor on a server. Not the global load but the specific one ? thx for the answer Hi,
do you know how to get the load on each processor on a server. Not the global load but the specific one ?
thx for the answer

]]> By: netking http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-7319 netking Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:52:12 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/get-cpu-system-load-average-on-ubuntu-linux/#comment-7319 there's also the top command ;-) there’s also the top command ;-)

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