Load Averages

Command Line
1

What exactly do the load averages represent for one, five, and fifteen?

2

There are a good amount of places that will probably be able to demonstrate it better, e.g., with graphics and such.

http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2009/07/31/understanding-load-averages

3

ah so they’re minutes. Okay. I get load averages, just didn’t know what the one five or fifteen represented. Thanks