Ubuntu load average warnings

[benningtonr]

What would be a good setting for the load averages on an ubuntu server right now they are set at

check_nrpe!check_load!-a '-w 15,10,5 -c 30,20,10'!!!!!!

and I am starting to get warnings on a regular basis, what is a good setting so I get warnings when it is actually needed.

it currently has 4 four core CPU's with 32 g ram

Thanks

[tmcdonald]

That entirely depends on what the Ubuntu system is doing. If it is used as a workstation for reading email and writing reports, your load probably won't even be an issue. If, however, that Ubuntu machine is running a game server for 1,000+ clients a load of 10 might not be unexpected. It also depends on how many cores you have, so in your case whatever the load is effectively needs to be divided by 4 to get the "real" load.

The best route to take is to profile your average usage until you can get a good idea of what a typical day looks like, then set your thresholds from there.