Comment on Ask HN: Bluehost went down for me for half a day -- is that normal?Comments−sgricci14yHad similar experiences with DreamHost, the server load avg was 13!!! nearly all the time. For 20$/mo, I got a linode and have never looked back.−AdamGibbins14yA load average of 13 doesn't mean anything without any context. If its a server with 24 CPU threads (which is common with modern CPUs nowadays), why is 13 concurrent processes bad?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_%28computing%29
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Had similar experiences with DreamHost, the server load avg was 13!!! nearly all the time. For 20$/mo, I got a linode and have never looked back.
A load average of 13 doesn't mean anything without any context. If its a server with 24 CPU threads (which is common with modern CPUs nowadays), why is 13 concurrent processes bad?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_%28computing%29