Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:09:33 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Set task priority Message-ID: <4ad871310906021609y4b85025bwe16346b824df7bf3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A25B029.1030608@ibctech.ca> References: <4A25B029.1030608@ibctech.ca>
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Hi Steve On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm attempting to "mysqldump" a database on a box that is hovering near > max CPU and mem usage. > > When I run the command, other critical programs fail to respond causing > an 'outage-like' situation. > > Normally, this is a time-of-day task and will run happily later into the > night, but I want to run it now. > > What is the best way to set priority on my task in order to ensure it > completes as quickly as possible, but does not cause a situation where > other programs and their children can't respond? > You can use nice(1) or renice(1) to set priorities, but I/O and bandwidth will end up being your bottleneck. -- Glen Barber http://www.dev-urandom.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenjbarber
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