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To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de>
Subject: Re: Limiting CPU on some processes on web server
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On 11. mars 2015 at 1:04 PM, "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
>
>You can try ulimit. See "man sh" for ulimit parameters,
>for example:
>
>             -t time
>                     The maximal amount of CPU time to be used by 
>each
>                     process, in seconds.
>
>There are other restrictions you can apply, like memory
>locking or simultaneous processes.
>

Thanks, will give that a go.

Any idea how it compares to https://github.com/opsengine/cpulimit/ though?

All the best,
O.D.