Why is load on my server stuck at 1

[Sam Sharpe]

2009/11/25 Dan Track <dan.track at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm curious to find out why the load on my server is stuck at 1.00,
> excerpt from top:
>
> top - 10:53:10 up 21 days, 46 min,  1 user,  load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00

Look for processes in the D state in a ps output. There will be one,
and because it's not runnable, it permanently adds 1 to the Load
Average.

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Sam