On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Chris <ch...@juststicky.com> wrote: > - GOAL: launch the php scripts in parallel on a single core, and remain > below 10% CPU (AWS Free Tier) and below 1GB RAM utilization. > > My question is, what are the appropriate options to suit that goal? Based > on the docs, this is what I'm guessing. Please give your opinion!: > > # parallel \ > --max-procs N \
> --semaphore \ No: --semaphore is used for 'sem'. > --load 0.1 \ # not sure if this is for CPU or RAM, assume > CPU. Need to "wait until CPU <= 9%" before launching next process Yep. > --memfree size \ # useful? --memfree 100M > --noswap \ # we do have a swap file, but performance is > very slow By using --memfree then --noswap should never have anyy effect. > -a file_list.sh /Ole