what is max_load parameter in /etc/xinetd.conf

[deepak_cucek]

am using suse 10 sp1

in /etc/xinetd.conf , we have one parameter max_load,
as per man page

"Takes a floating point value as the load at which the service will stop accepting connections. For example: 2 or 2.5. The service will stop accepting connections at this load. This is the one minute load average. This is an OS dependent feature, and currently only Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD are supported for this. This feature is only avaliable if xinetd was configured with the -with-loadavg option. "


what is this load means , how we can check currently how much load cpu is accepting ....?

if the entry max_load is not there in the cinetd.conf , what will be the default value

thanks in advance

[robertdaleweir]

Hi depak_cucek
I was reading an article which may help with your problem. Not sure it is exactly the same but appears similar. URL -->

Download Proc::NiceSleep 0.85 for Linux - Yield system in an intelligent fashion - Softpedia

Hope this helps. Cheers...
Robert