Load average accounts to the number of runnable threads (threads waiting in the runqueue). On a 2-core system a load of 2 would mean, that on average there is 1 process runnable per core, which would be optimum usage. If you have a higher load, than the os has to make more context switches, which would increase the system cpu-load.
- Henri
Which doesn't helps me at all. I'm looking for a cause here.
- Andreas Gohr
You should try to find out, how many threads you have running. Maybe your http-server just starts more threads when there are many requests? A load of 5 isn't really that bad.
- Henri
Found the root of the problem myself now. It's Fast-CGIs hanging in state D. Now I need to find out why they hang.
- Andreas Gohr
Ok. Good luck! Typically these processes are waiting for an interrupt (for instance because of disk io). If they stay in this state, it could be a lost interrupt or a deadlock or disk read error...
- Henri
There is no guarantee the Accept-Language header will be present.
- James Robertson
They don't just switch language based on IP but the whole catalogue. This way they can provide somewhat localized search results and filter/censor according to local laws.
- Andreas Gohr
"The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her: what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"
- Andreas Gohr
Adminer (formerly phpMinAdmin) is a full-featured MySQL management tool written in PHP. Conversely to phpMyAdmin, it consist of a single file ready to deploy to the target server.
- Andreas Gohr
"I honestly believe that malware carried computer sales for most of the last decade. That only worked because we’ve taught people, with a combination of misinformation and omission, two great lies: that computers slow down over time, and that the only way to fix a malware infestation is to buy a new computer."
- Andreas Gohr
Ein Jahr lang war Günter Wallraff immer wieder als Schwarzer unterwegs: bei einem Fussballspiel in Cottbus, auf Wohnungssuche in Köln, in einer Rosenheimer Kneipe und bei einer Behörde in Berlin-Marzahn
- Andreas Gohr
"Numerals (or figures) can take various forms. The figure style you choose ought to be appropriate to the project you are working on. Readability is key. But which style is best for which purpose? There are two main forms, oldstyle figures (OSF) and lining figures (LF). Each can come in tabular and proportional widths."
- Andreas Gohr
"Survey on knowledge management with Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, blogs and social networks. Due to their popularity for private use it stands to reason to ask how these social media tools can be put to use within a company (Enterprise 2.0)."
- Andreas Gohr
from Bookmarklet
"We present a system that composes a realistic picture from a simple freehand sketch annotated with text labels. The composed picture is generated by seamlessly stitching several photographs in agreement with the sketch and text labels; these are found by searching the Internet." Woah.
- Andreas Gohr