Hi Steve On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Steve Bertrand <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
