iPulse questions

[mrb]

Can someone familiar with iPulse answer me a question? I like this
little thing, and I understand most of it, but those red dots that line
up around the outside of the circle still puzzle me. They're of
different shades of red, and they're not always there. I'm not really
that technical about how the OS works, so I'm sure I'm missing a lot
here. Can someone tell me what these red dots represent? (In layman's
English?)

Thanks,
m

[Tom Stiller]

In article <270720030002537838%mrb712@hotmail.com>,
mrb <mrb712@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Can someone familiar with iPulse answer me a question? I like this
> little thing, and I understand most of it, but those red dots that line
> up around the outside of the circle still puzzle me. They're of
> different shades of red, and they're not always there. I'm not really
> that technical about how the OS works, so I'm sure I'm missing a lot
> here. Can someone tell me what these red dots represent? (In layman's
> English?)
>

They represent the system load factor for the past hour. More saturated
dot color represents a higher load factor for that minute.

--
Tom Stiller

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7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

[Tom Stiller]

In article <270720031801500065%mrb712@hotmail.com>,
mrb <mrb712@hotmail.com> wrote:

> OK, now what is a load factor?

See man getloadavg.

>
> In article
> <tomstiller-E4939B.06155227072003@news.comcast.giganews.com>, Tom
> Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net> wrote:
>

> > In article <270720030002537838%mrb712@hotmail.com>,
> > mrb <mrb712@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >

> > > Can someone familiar with iPulse answer me a question? I like this
> > > little thing, and I understand most of it, but those red dots that line
> > > up around the outside of the circle still puzzle me. They're of
> > > different shades of red, and they're not always there. I'm not really
> > > that technical about how the OS works, so I'm sure I'm missing a lot
> > > here. Can someone tell me what these red dots represent? (In layman's
> > > English?)
> > >

> >
> > They represent the system load factor for the past hour. More saturated
> > dot color represents a higher load factor for that minute.

--
Tom Stiller

PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3
7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

[mrb]

If you're referring to the Terminal command, I tried that and got "No
manual entry for getloadavg."

That's OK. Thanks for your help.

In article
<tomstiller-36D85D.23074027072003@news.comcast.giganews.com>, Tom
Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net> wrote:

> In article <270720031801500065%mrb712@hotmail.com>,
> mrb <mrb712@hotmail.com> wrote:
>

> > OK, now what is a load factor?

>
> See man getloadavg.
>

> >
> > In article
> > <tomstiller-E4939B.06155227072003@news.comcast.giganews.com>, Tom
> > Stiller <tomstiller@comcast.net> wrote:
> >

> > > In article <270720030002537838%mrb712@hotmail.com>,
> > > mrb <mrb712@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can someone familiar with iPulse answer me a question? I like this
> > > > little thing, and I understand most of it, but those red dots that line
> > > > up around the outside of the circle still puzzle me. They're of
> > > > different shades of red, and they're not always there. I'm not really
> > > > that technical about how the OS works, so I'm sure I'm missing a lot
> > > > here. Can someone tell me what these red dots represent? (In layman's
> > > > English?)
> > > >
> > >
> > > They represent the system load factor for the past hour. More saturated
> > > dot color represents a higher load factor for that minute.