From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 23:27:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3432E1065674 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:27:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f163.google.com (mail-fx0-f163.google.com [209.85.220.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86EBC8FC28 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:27:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so2259849fxm.43 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:27:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=LBrBoHNQ2ourQ4XfZooh0VYTiBxRO6tLbyGlv23hW+Y=; b=kDIK5Gh4Vcye78iYAZMcWbfbF3eQE7GfrJ/o3I/IFuxbQk9yIMHmvMoi7XkVImoIuR DMTogRtntMiuEha2mLg5ibWO3lDrFqbuOWrD2eZacGC1Fa5xhKkAnHOqQbDLmTptv0el nB8pkwyAoZHlPd4BIWRk2LEaQNQFN14VxCwGc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DaQu36iXv9jKYEmGw24Z9jQ8qdXWO/B2/MUxX4ee7FghmE5kCyws1flOLb2eFQh0NX dIngF9F4LOQTlB3k2kvoxojgXxOlvvGiBAgEqDXeme1HdNm7E6AALP9LM07PVDwODUyX g3gIfXrh91VSASm+DpuGMejiINdLAJZ+4sSW8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.62.135 with SMTP id x7mr267143bkh.95.1243985255256; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:27:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A25B395.6060502@FreeBSD.org> References: <4A25B029.1030608@ibctech.ca> <4ad871310906021609y4b85025bwe16346b824df7bf3@mail.gmail.com> <4A25B1DA.10201@ibctech.ca> <4A25B395.6060502@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:27:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310906021627l72ccc95crd07b264f49a283ed@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: glarkin@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Steve Bertrand , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" Subject: Re: Set task priority X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:27:38 -0000 Greg, On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Greg Larkin wrote: > > I had the same situation here, and nice(1) wasn't cutting it for me. =A0I > finally switched to idprio(1): > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Didprio&sourceid=3Dopensearch > > idprio 31 mysqldump ..... > > will run only when other processes are idle. =A0That should prevent any > further self-incurred DOS symptoms for you. > Very cool. I'll have to add that to my toolbox. :) --=20 Glen Barber http://www.dev-urandom.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenjbarber