Re: [CentOS] slugishness

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Jerry Geisgeisj@pagestation.com wrote:

Hi all,

I have a 3G AM2 quad core CPU... x86_64 centos 5.3

When I am doing backing up to my external USB drive my system becomes sluggish. Clicking on a thunderbird compose takes some time to pop up the window. Typeing doesnt keep up etc...

Is there something I can change so this backup doesnt slow my system down so much? I dont see HOW it can be taking so much CPU. top at times shows 0 idle or 11% idle from a USB backup.

Thanks for any suggestions.

$ man renice

Didi

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