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If load average < number of cores, then the machine is not loaded
If load average == number of cores, then the machine is in full use
If load average >= 4X number of cores, then the machine is highly loaded
If load average >= around 40X number of cores, then the machine is unusable
from http://www.infoq.com/articles/Tuning-Java-Servers
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