Re: Control IO related to a process

[Lorenzo Quatrini <lorenzo@xxxxxx>]

Lorenzo Quatrini ha scritto:
> Joseph L. Casale ha scritto:
>> Is there a way to nice the IO on a process such as dd?
>> If not, what could be a way to control the IO level of
>> such a process from bogging down a server to severely.
>>
> 
> As I was told few days ago you cold nice the whole process, eg.
> 
> nice 19 if=/xxx of=/xxx bs=nnn
>

Obviously there is a typo...

nice 19 dd if=/xxx of=/xxx bs=nnn
	^^

> This should give all the other process priority over dd
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
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> Lorenzo Quatrini
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