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diff --git a/collectors/proc.plugin/integrations/system_load_average.md b/collectors/proc.plugin/integrations/system_load_average.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6e986d90c..000000000 --- a/collectors/proc.plugin/integrations/system_load_average.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,128 +0,0 @@ -<!--startmeta -custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/proc.plugin/integrations/system_load_average.md" -meta_yaml: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/proc.plugin/metadata.yaml" -sidebar_label: "System Load Average" -learn_status: "Published" -learn_rel_path: "Data Collection/Linux Systems/System" -most_popular: False -message: "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY, IT IS GENERATED BY THE COLLECTOR'S metadata.yaml FILE" -endmeta--> - -# System Load Average - - -<img src="https://netdata.cloud/img/linuxserver.svg" width="150"/> - - -Plugin: proc.plugin -Module: /proc/loadavg - -<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Netdata-%2300ab44" /> - -## Overview - -The `/proc/loadavg` file provides information about the system load average. - -The load average is a measure of the amount of computational work that a system performs. It is a -representation of the average system load over a period of time. - -This file contains three numbers representing the system load averages for the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, -respectively. It also includes the currently running processes and the total number of processes. - -Monitoring the load average can be used for: - -- **System performance**: If the load average is too high, it may indicate that your system is overloaded. - On a system with a single CPU, if the load average is 1, it means the single CPU is fully utilized. If the - load averages are consistently higher than the number of CPUs/cores, it may indicate that your system is - overloaded and tasks are waiting for CPU time. - -- **Troubleshooting**: If the load average is unexpectedly high, it can be a sign of a problem. This could be - due to a runaway process, a software bug, or a hardware issue. - -- **Capacity planning**: By monitoring the load average over time, you can understand the trends in your - system's workload. This can help with capacity planning and scaling decisions. - -Remember that load average not only considers CPU usage, but also includes processes waiting for disk I/O. -Therefore, high load averages could be due to I/O contention as well as CPU contention. - - - - -This collector is supported on all platforms. - -This collector only supports collecting metrics from a single instance of this integration. - - -### Default Behavior - -#### Auto-Detection - -This integration doesn't support auto-detection. - -#### Limits - -The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection. - -#### Performance Impact - -The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system. - - -## Metrics - -Metrics grouped by *scope*. - -The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels. - - - -### Per System Load Average instance - - - -This scope has no labels. - -Metrics: - -| Metric | Dimensions | Unit | -|:------|:----------|:----| -| system.load | load1, load5, load15 | load | -| system.active_processes | active | processes | - - - -## Alerts - - -The following alerts are available: - -| Alert name | On metric | Description | -|:------------|:----------|:------------| -| [ load_cpu_number ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | number of active CPU cores in the system | -| [ load_average_15 ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | system fifteen-minute load average | -| [ load_average_5 ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | system five-minute load average | -| [ load_average_1 ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/health.d/load.conf) | system.load | system one-minute load average | -| [ active_processes ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/health.d/processes.conf) | system.active_processes | system process IDs (PID) space utilization | - - -## Setup - -### Prerequisites - -No action required. - -### Configuration - -#### File - -There is no configuration file. -#### Options - - - -There are no configuration options. - -#### Examples -There are no configuration examples. - - |