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  • Load average sar top

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    Hi,
    For a 32 core CPU, and having following outputs for TOP and sar -q, How can I decide that my system is healthy or over loaded ?
    I am looking from perspective of load average. What readings can be considered as healthy/worrying?

    sar -q

    10:00:01 AM runq-sz plist-sz ldavg-1 ldavg-5 ldavg-15
    10:10:01 AM 16 3354 9.58 7.32 8.29

    Top command

    top - 14:00:00 up 16 days, 14:00, 1 user, load average: 7.43, 7.27, 7.23

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