>Can anybody tell me the relation between these figures? I guess it's just
>a matter of definition... since `top' van `systat' also report different
>values :-(... so what's the most accurate method to check what's cunsuming
>the computers processor-power, including device-drivers ?

load average reported by 'w' or 'top' is (under sunos anyway) an average of the 
number of runnable processes over the last 1/5/15 minutes. it's an "interesting 
figure" but I've never found much of a use for it and certainly wouldn't worry 
solely because of something it reported.

ps -aux is the best tool imho... run it every minute and see which processes are 
accumulating cpu time.


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