* Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk) wrote :
> Bill Stoddard wrote:
> 
> >Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> >
> >>Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>would anyone have any thoughts about the idea of adding an
> >>>api to obtain the system load average?  i ask because i need
> >>>it for an httpd module i'm writing, and i've now got code
> >>>for linux, freebsd, os x, sunos, and t64u..
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>no thoughts, uh.
> >
> >
> >load average is nice but it seems rather specialized and it doesn't 
> >really fit anywhere in apr[-util] that I see.  load average is one 
> >performance metric; I can see where it might be useful to have a common 
> >interface for collecting all sorts of performance metrics. For example, 
> >if Apache is being used as a load balancer, you could collect 
> >performance state metrics from the servers being load balanced, feed 
> >that info back to the apache load balancer (on an HTTP response header 
> >field, via a special purpose HTTP POST request or out of band) and use 
> >it in your load balancing/routing algorithms.
> 
> Errr - mod_backhand?
> 
> > I just don't see that this has a place in apr or apr-util. Maybe a new 
> > subproject, apr-perf?
> 
> I don't follow your logic - APR is supposed to make the interface to the 
> system portable. Load average is an interface to the system. Why does it 
> need to "fit"? All it needs is support on enough platforms to be 
> considered common and someone who wants to use it.
> 
> Sounds like we have both.
> 
+1.
-Thom