RE: High load average on disk I/O on 2.6.17-rc3

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> A global loadavg isn't too good anyway, as everyone has 
> observed, there are many independant resources. But my point 
> is that it isn't going away while apps still use it, so my 
> point is that this might be an easy way to improve it.

It's not just those MTA's using it. Worse, many watchdog implementations use it too, and they will reload the box if the load is too
high.

So we do need some ways to make the loadavg more meaningful or at least more predictable.

Hua

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