Explore the use of averages in performance analysis and capacity planning to understand how the load average can be reorganized to do better capacity planning.

Dr. Neil Gunther compares the UNIX load averaging approach with other averaging methods as they apply to capacity planning and performance analysis.

link. I've often looked at "load average" numbers hoping to get a sense of whether or why a Unix box is running slowly. This series of articles explains the mystery of the load ...

I read UNIX® Load Average Part 1: How It Works by Dr. Neil Gunther who breaks load down into much appreciated, yet excruciating detail. In short it is the average sum of the ...

I'll have more to say about all this in the next online column Load Average Part II: Not Your Average Average. Oh, I can't wait to read second part...