Is there some usefull way of interpreting the System Activity reports to determine if the load on my system is more than it should be. For example that 1, 5, 15 minute average we get with "uptime" as well as the results of the command "sar" and then of course the full report obtained with "less /var/log/sa/sar05" (all assuming it's redhat or fedora - don't know about other distros) Curios . . . Alex ==== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Avantel Systems, and is believed to be clean.