Current Load

More information about load average value thresholds

The Current Load service analyzes three load average values for the past 1 minute (load1), 5 minutes (load5), and 15 minutes (load15). These are then compared to the defined thresholds. For example, if the load thresholds are defined as:
LoadWarning ThresholdCritical Threshold
load15.010.0
load55.010.0
load155.010.0
If the actual average load values are
  • 0.65, 0.43, 0.53: The Current Load Service State will be OK because all of the load average values are below the defined thresholds.
  • 0.65, 5.43, 0.53: The Current Load Service State will be WARNING because load5 average value is above the defined warning threshold but below the defined critical threshold.
  • 0.65, 5.43, 10.53: The Current Load Service State will be CRITICAL because the load15 average value is above the defined critical threshold.

Default Thresholds

NodeStatusThresholds
ALLWarning1000000
Critical1000000
Note: The value 1000000 refers to infinity. It is essentially an unreachable threshold to prevent warning and critical states from occurring. This service provides useful metrics for statistics.

Metrics: Returns three metrics – load1, load5, and load15

Status Information Example

Status Information:	OK - load average: 0.21, 0.21, 0.21
Performance Data:	load1=0.210;1000000.000;1000000.000;0; load5=0.210;1000000.000;1000000.000;0; load15=0.213;1000000.000;1000000.000;0;