RL_Dane, 21 days ago

Look at this (during a 1GB dd):

22:15:29 up 1 day, 14:27, 1 user, load average: 0.99, 1.26, 1.53
64934
22:15:56 up 1 day, 14:28, 1 user, load average: 7.05, 2.66, 1.98
64934

The load just explodes in a single second