--- On Tue, 22/6/10, anu nivas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does limiting CPU usage mean the time taken by the > application to use the > CPU?Would'nt limiting usage slow down the application? Yes the applications will slowdown. For mostly IO application the difference will be negligible. Limiting cpu usage will be useful in multi-user environment, where few of the cpu hogs like firefox can be controlled so that other applications perform well. For temporary/fix-by-hand we can use nice level of the process to limit. man nice, man renice will provide more information. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
