I have good experience with with "ionice -n 7 ...". On 2012-12-06 17:16, John Doe wrote: > anyone has some successful experience with ionice? > I tried it with 'idle' (-c 3) parameter. > When I did a quick test (find /), it seemed to work with frequent pauses (I guess waiting for idle). > But when I used it on my big tar, it made it worse than without... which seems counter-intuitive. I have good experience with with "ionice -n 7 ...". -- Paul