Re: expected load?
At 07:09 PM 7/8/01 +1000, Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net> wrote:
>Yup. Load comes from running *user* processes, not from the kernel.
>
>Given that iptables is completely in-kernel, it doesn't generate load no
>matter how hard it's working. So, a load average of 0.00 means that
>there isn't any software running on the machine.
I've been thinking about that.
How, then, DO you tell how hard the firewall rules are pressing a box?
Compare RC5 scores with and without the firewall rules or something?
"Hmm, I think we're being packeted... yeah, xfractint is jerking like
crazy. Oops, no, never mind, that's me. Gotta cut down."
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Asher Densmore-Lynn <jesdynf@L7.net>
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