Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:13:47 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: opendaddy@hushmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limiting CPU on some processes on web server Message-ID: <20150311141347.1013d42d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20150311122656.96F2020341@smtp.hushmail.com> References: <20150311122656.96F2020341@smtp.hushmail.com>
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:26:56 +0000, opendaddy@hushmail.com wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I run this web app that depends on ImageMagick to process images and ffmpeg to process videos. These processes, unfortunately, consume 100% of my CPU, rendering my web app unusable (gateway timeout).
>
> Tried `nice -n 19` but to no avail.
>
> What other options do I have?
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.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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