Technologies/Elasticsearch/elasticsearch.os.cpu.load_avg.5m
ElasticsearchElasticsearchMetric

elasticsearch.os.cpu.load_avg.5m

5-minute load average
Dimensions:None
Available on:DynatraceDynatrace (1)OpenTelemetryOpenTelemetry (1)PrometheusPrometheus (1)

Summary

Represents the system load average over a 5-minute window, indicating CPU demand relative to available cores. Values consistently above the number of CPU cores suggest the system is overloaded. For Elasticsearch, sustained high CPU load often correlates with heavy indexing operations, complex queries, or merge throttling activity that can bottleneck cluster throughput.

Interface Metrics (3)
DynatraceDynatrace
CPU load average over 5 minutes
Dimensions:None
OpenTelemetryOpenTelemetry
Five-minute load average on the system (field is not present if five-minute load average is not available).
Dimensions:None
PrometheusPrometheus
Midterm load average
Dimensions:None
Sources
elasticsearch_os_load5www.dynatrace.com
elasticsearch.os.cpu.load_avg.5mgithub.com
os_load5github.com
Related Insights (1)
Bulk Indexing Saturationwarning

Heavy bulk indexing workload causes high CPU utilization, memory pressure, and increased indexing latency, potentially impacting concurrent search performance and cluster stability.

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