On 4/14/06, Jeffrey Ross <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > noticed this morning that the system is running with a reported load > average of: 7.15, 7.26, 7.16 > > not sure what's causing it to be so high. iirc load average is based > upon processes waiting for I/O. This machine should be pretty much > quiet at the moment. > > How can I figure out what's jacking the load average up? > > TIA, Jeff > # top