Thanks Richard, Now that we have ionice, I'll try to make a beta release for testing ASAP.
I do agree that the application should use smfs/sshfs. I start doing some tests on my side but this will be for the next releases. Regards, Dan On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Richard Bailey <r...@mail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I implemented ionice for most of the file operations that BiT does. I > tested it slightly on my netbook and it seems to work ok. BiT will still be > in the Best Effort I/O scheduling class but it will be the lowest priority > in that class. > > I also did a change to save the config file with each backup. I recently > had to reload my PC and I wished I backed up my config file. Eventually I > want to work a feature into BiT where, when you choose a backup location BiT > will detect that backups already exist and ask if you want to load the most > recent config file... but that will come later. > > Oh, and I saw this blog post where the author really liked BiT except for > the fact that I did not support network backups, so he started his own > project: > http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/08/07/time-drive1 > > I'm currently on vacation, but I'll check in from time to time, > - Best regards, > Richard > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Dan <d...@le-web.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I was thinking about ionice. BIT should have an option for cron jobs and >> another for user initiated backups. If the ionice option is checked BIT >> should run at the lowest priority. Real time should not be an option (only >> root can do it). If ionice is not present it should not be used. This is why >> ionice should be used inside the application and to run the application. >> Regards, >> Dan >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~bit-team<https://launchpad.net/%7Ebit-team> >> Post to : bit-team@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~bit-team<https://launchpad.net/%7Ebit-team> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers." > >
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