Can someone explain the CPU 5 minute load average thing to me?

Question

So,We have a server currently alerting us because the 5MinLoadPerCore field is &gt; 1.&nbsp; I'm trying to understand why that is.I found this page that says if that number is &gt;1, it means there are things queued up waiting for the CPU and there's a backlog.https://www.logicmonitor.com/blog/what-the-heck-is-cpu-load-on-a-linux-machine-and-why-do-i-careHowever, the server in question has the CPUs currently running at around 60%.&nbsp; I would think that if it were backed up, it should be cranking at 99% trying to catch up.&nbsp; I would think the 5minload alert and a CPU Usage percentage alert would come as a pair, but they don't.Just trying to figure out if there's anything that can be done when we get the 5Min alerts or if they're more just informational and can be ignored.&nbsp; They only come in as a Warning anyway, so if it's just informational, then it's just noise, and maybe we'll just turn them off.Just looking for other opinions. ;)Thanks.

mike_moniz · Answer

So the 5min load average (and 1min and 15min) is a Linux specific thing and not directly to do with LogicMonitor. There are various pages online you can look at to understand it better, such as https://www.scoutapm.com/understanding-load-averages/. LogicMonitor themselves have a old page about it at&nbsp;https://www.logicmonitor.com/blog/what-the-heck-is-cpu-load-on-a-linux-machine-and-why-do-i-care.
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