You are correct on both counts. On Sep 2, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Jon Craig wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:58 AM, James Ward<[email protected]> wrote: >> I tried renicing everything: >> >> jew...@kw157:/usr/share/backuppc/bin$ head -2 BackupPC_nightly >> #!/usr/bin/perl >> setpriority(0, $$, -20); >> >> jew...@kw157:/usr/share/backuppc/bin$ head -2 BackupPC_dump >> #!/usr/bin/perl >> setpriority(0, $$, 20); >> > > I believe that BackupPC_nightly is running as "backuppc" user and as > such can only reduce it priority (ie +20), not lower (ie -20). Also, > you should check that the sub-processes to see if they properly > inherited this change. My guess is it will still not have much affect > as your most likely IO bound and priority affects scheduling on the > processor, but doesn't prioritize IO. > -- > Jonathan Craig > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
