[bashy]

on my last host i used to get around 0.50% and that was with well over 200
hacks installed, I have now moved to a new server with about 60 of the hacks
removed and its very rarely below 2.00% and that can be with only me and a
bot online.... Yes i have VBShout installed but it was installed on the old
server where i was getting 0.50%

I have spoke to my host and they say...

Keeping the server's load average under 1.00 is something that is very difficult to do, as it requires most of the server's resources to go to waste. While the load average is a good indication of server performance, to keeping the load under 1.0 requires most of the system resources to go to waste.

Also, one thing to keep in mind is that the VPS software plays a major role in the load average. There are a number of processes that are always running on a server, but most of these run at a reduced priority to ensure that user processes spend more time on the CPU. Therefore, when you see a load average of 2.57 most of the time the processes that are getting delayed are not yours and therefore the performance of your website is not effected.

So whats ya thoughts on that comment then?