[CentOS] Control IO related to a process
Lorenzo Quatrini
lorenzo at gmk.it
Tue Sep 2 14:28:19 UTC 2008
Joseph L. Casale ha scritto:
> Is there a way to nice the IO on a process such as dd?
> If not, what could be a way to control the IO level of
> such a process from bogging down a server to severely.
>
As I was told few days ago you cold nice the whole process, eg.
nice 19 if=/xxx of=/xxx bs=nnn
This should give all the other process priority over dd
Hope this helps
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Regards
Lorenzo Quatrini
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