Package gmisclib :: Module system_load

Module system_load

Classes
	pstat

Functions

load_avg()

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float

mem_pressure(verbose=False)
Returns: Big (>1) when the system is really hurting for memory.

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ncpu()

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get_ncpu()

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get_loadavg()

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load_now(my_weight=1, other_weight=2, d_weight=0.5, ignore=None, verbose=False)

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float in the range [-0.5, 0.5]

niceness()
Returns: positive numbers if the process is niced; negative numbers if not.

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Imports: os, re, die

Function Details

Returns: float: Big (>1) when the system is really hurting for memory. Small (<0.5) when things are going well. Also, by way of the amount of dirty memory, it indirectly looks at the rate of writing to the disk.

Returns: float in the range [-0.5, 0.5]: positive numbers if the process is niced; negative numbers if not.