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How to check system load average and uptime in Linux
Check the load average, uptime, and logged-in users with uptime, /proc/loadavg, and w to gauge how busy a Linux server is.
Check how busy the machine is and how long it has been up. The three load-average numbers are the 1, 5, and 15 minute averages; compare them against the CPU core count.
# Uptime plus load average (1, 5, 15 min)
uptime
# Raw load average
cat /proc/loadavg
# Who is logged in, plus load
w
# Core count to compare the load against
nprocLinuxuptimeLoad Average