I have been searching for a definitive answer for the max load for a LAMP server. I have 4 dual core processors, so does this mean that the max load is 4.0, or is it based on cores - 8.0?
The server has 4 CPUs, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5160 @ 3.00GHz. The distro is CLOUDLINUX 6.5 (built on CentOS).
There is no maximum load for a system, as it easily can reach values in the hundreds when hundreds of processes are waiting to get processor time.
However, with 8 cores you can assume that a load below 8 indicates a system that is not overloaded and beyond that, there are permanently processes waiting for processor time. This is heavily influenced by other factors like I/O wait times though.
