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What is load average in Linux and how do you interpret it?

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Load average is the average number of active CPU processes (state R) plus processes waiting for disk/network I/O operations (state D) over 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

On a 4-core CPU, a load average of 4.0 indicates 100% saturation. A load of 8.0 indicates that half the active tasks are waiting in queues for resource allocation.

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