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A systems administrator is encountering performance issues. The administrator runs a command with the following output:
09:10:18 up 457 days, 32min, 5 users, load average: 4.22 6.63 5.58
The Linux server has the following system properties:

CPU 4 vCPU -

Memory: 50GB -
Which of the following accurately describes this situation?

  • A. The system is under CPU pressure and will require additional vCPUs.
  • B. The system has been running for over a year and requires a reboot.
  • C. Too many users are currently logged in to the system.
  • D. The system requires more memory.
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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

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MissAllen
Highly Voted 2 years, 5 months ago
Disagree. The system REQUIRES a reboot? I have seen plenty of servers running for more than a year. The uptime command shows that even with 4 vCPUs they are overloaded. Answer A is better.
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SaadiaS
2 years, 4 months ago
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/load-average-in-linux
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SaadiaS
2 years, 4 months ago
I will go for A as well
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HappyDay030303
Most Recent 1 week, 6 days ago
Selected Answer: A
A. values shown (4.22, 6.63, 5.58) exceed the total available CPU capacity (4)
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044f354
7 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: A
easy answer. already explained well by many of you
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DRVision
1 year, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: A
The output indicates that the system is under CPU pressure. The load average numbers represent the system load time over a period of 1, 5, and 15 minutes. In this case, all three numbers are higher than the number of vCPUs available (4), which suggests that the CPU is a bottleneck. Therefore, the correct answer is A. The system is under CPU pressure and will require additional vCPUs. Here’s a brief explanation of the other options: B. The system has been running for over a year and requires a reboot. While it’s true that the system has been running for over a year, this doesn’t necessarily mean it requires a reboot. Linux systems are capable of running for many years without needing a reboot. C. Too many users are currently logged in to the system. The number of users currently logged in (5) should not be a problem unless they are all running processes that are heavily consuming resources. D. The system requires more memory. There’s no information given that suggests the system is low on memory. The performance issue seems to be related to the CPU, not memory.
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MiraGod
1 year, 6 months ago
Selected Answer: A
The devices has more load on CPU than CPU Cores, only with that information we know there is an issue. With the system being up more than a year sure it does not sound nice but only with that information there is no evidence that is the problem
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tutita
1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: A
option A is the right one, the system is overloaded, doing a reboot wont solve it.
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POGActual
2 years, 1 month ago
Definitely A. The CPU load for 1, 5, and 15 minutes is very high for executing/waiting processes.
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nixonbii
2 years, 1 month ago
Definitely agree that A is the correct answer.
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KnifeClown1
2 years, 2 months ago
Selected Answer: A
The correct answer is: A. The system is under CPU pressure and will require additional vCPUs. The load average (4.22 6.63 5.58) indicates that the system is under CPU pressure. The load average is the average number of tasks waiting for CPU time over a given time interval. If the load average is consistently high, it can mean that the system is struggling to keep up with demand and that more CPU resources are needed. In this case, the administrator may need to consider adding additional vCPUs to alleviate the CPU pressure.
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Nvoid
2 years, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: B
real world, anyone would first reboot, and if it happened again frequently then upgrade. You don't go around changing things in IT and spending money to upgrade unless you have unlimited resources and/or money to throw around without any questions or consequences. You guys are thinking too hard on this one.
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Veteran903
2 years, 4 months ago
nice try, but please explain how just rebooting the server is gonna help with load average?
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KnifeClown1
2 years, 2 months ago
Option B is not accurate because the uptime of the system being up for over a year does not necessarily indicate that the system requires a reboot. Uptime is simply a measure of the time the system has been running without any downtime. It is possible for a system to run for much longer without requiring a reboot. Reboots are typically required to install updates or address specific performance or stability issues, but simply having a long uptime does not automatically imply a need for a reboot.
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