[Backgroundrb-devel] limiting processor usage

[Geoff Garside]

On 9 Jul 2007, at 15:09, Charlie Bowman wrote:

> I have a very intensive background process that keeps taking up  
> loads of the cpu.  If I have 2 of these going at once, I can't even  
> ssh to the box much less get a page to load.  Is there something I  
> can do to limit this.  I dont mind if the process takes longer to  
> run, I just dont want to freeze my box every time it runs.  Thanks  
> for any advice!
>
>
> Charlie
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You could use a login class to limit the amount of CPU the user  
running the background process can use. Check the login.conf manpage  
for your OS (assuming Unix-like derivative) for details on how to set  
this up.

Geoff