On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:19:03PM +0900, Denis Solovyov wrote: > > AB> The script in question seemed to be only be looking at CPU load, not io > AB> or swap load. "load", in general, could be measured against any > AB> resource there is contention for, but usually it's just against > AB> processor resources. > > I asked the initial question, and I meant total machine load, not only > CPU load. Several tasks such as huge backups can freeze the system > because of both CPU and disk load even running with lowest priority. I > thought it was better to freeze a single task than let that task freeze > the system.
...and I think that I replied to that. > > And what about 'niceload' script I found, I just wanted someone to > examine this script and say if it is stable and "correct" or not > (i.e. may one use it on production machine); I indeed understand what > and why it is claimed to do... Well it's hard to say without stress-testing it, but again the code looked good to me. > > Actually, I also found the mention of 'loadwatch' utility in mans of > Debian: > http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/display_man.cgi?id=4e0d801d0459d65ee8197f9626e9577f&format=html > "loadwatch is similar in utility (but even nicer) than nice(1)." :-) > But actually I have not find the source yet. Is it a debian-specific > utility? "Loadwatch" page at freshmeat.net says it is not currently > available: http://freshmeat.net/projects/loadwatch/ The following page @ Debian has links to download the original source + Debian-specific patches: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/loadwatch Greets, _Alain_ _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
