cat /proc/loadavg

Category: VPS Management

cat /proc/loadavg

Read the kernel's 1/5/15 minute load averages and running process count

Load average represents how many processes are waiting for CPU time. Values above the number of CPU cores indicate the system is overloaded. Check 'nproc' for your core count.
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