Someone should ask them to remove the article. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > "Carlos H. Reimer" <carlos.reimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > There is an article about "Lowering the priority of a PostgreSQL query" > > (http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=11) that explains how to use the > > setpriority() to lower PostgreSQL processes. > > > I?m wondering how much effective it would be for i/o bound systems. > > That article isn't worth the electrons it's written on. Aside from the > I/O point, there's a little problem called "priority inversion". See > the archives for (many) past discussions of nice'ing backends. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at > > http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Bruce Momjian bruce@xxxxxxxxxx EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
