On Tuesday 17 January 2006 18:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Adeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:53 PM > > To: 'Discussion about mythtv' > > Subject: [mythtv-users] some more RAID and HD speed questions > > > > also is there anything that can limit drive use in a similar way as nice > > can limit cpu usage? > > I don't see why you shoudln't be able to use nice against the cp command > (or whatever means you're using to transfer the data).
which I have been doing, I just didn't think it would work for this. But I'll give it a try and hopefully won't have any issues =) > As an alternative, > there is QoS (Quality of Service). It will prioritize network > packets/traffic based on packet type. So if your myth streams are comming > in with type X, and your copy is using type Y, you can regulate type Y > traffic to be lower priority than type X. QoS is mainly used in an > environment where multiple services (say, VoIP and data transfer from > servers) travel over the same medium. The VoIP traffic can be given a > higher priority over the data transfer in order to keep the voice comm. > from chopping or the message from transferring late due to packet loss or > late packet delivery. that sounds more like for network traffic? -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
