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linux swap disk priority
Let's say you have two swap disks, set up like this:
swap1: priority = -1
swap2: priority = -2
Is this going to be any different from the following setup?
swap1: priority = 47
swap2: priority = 10
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How permanently change Linux swap disk priority
I’m using two swap disks. Changing the order they are in in /etc/fstab and using pri in fstab doesn’t seem to have any effect.
This is what it looks like in the /etc/fstab:
#swap on other disk
UUID=...
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ALWAYS run commands with low priority on unix?
I am not asking how to nice and renice a command on UNIX.
What happens is that on a particular machine into which I frequently log I am only allowed to run long-running processes with low priority (...
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How can I throttle down Dropbox's IO operations?
Empirical evidence suggests that Dropbox's indexing at startup time is the main source of slowdown for my Windows 7 partition -- things grind down to a crawl when the indexing is in progress and ...
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How to change I/O priority of a process or thread in Win7?
Process Explorer is able to show the effective IO priority of a given thread, but not change it. Seeing as IO priority support is a comparatively new feature, most programs don't set their own IO ...
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Save processes priority settings?
Is there anyway to save the processes priority settings in Windows 7 instead of opening the task manager in every session and doing it manually?
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linksys WRT350N dd-wrt: how can i give upload priority to slingbox?
I have the router WRT350N by Linksys.
I've installed dd-wrt v2.4 sp1 on it.
How can I configure it to give upload priority to slingbox?
The Slingbox is a TV streaming device that enables users to ...
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Why can't Unix users renice downwards?
I know that non-root users can renice a process up, but not renice a process priority down.
$ nice yes >/dev/null & p=$!
$ renice 15 -p $p
8414: old priority 10, new priority 15
$ renice 12 -...
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How can I tell Windows to always start certain binaries with low priority?
I want to demote the priority of a number of processes that are auto-started on my corporate XP machine. Is there a way that I can tell WinXP to always start a binary with low priority?
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Can't change tasks to realtime priotity
I just want to change a running task's priority to realtime, but the taskmanager won't let me do it. If I try it, it'll just tell me that it can't change to realtime and then changes it to high ...
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How can I change the priority of a Windows service process?
I would like to run the Windows Desktop Search indexer at below normal priority. When I try to set this via task manager, I get 'Access is denied'.
Is there a way to remove whatever restrictions are ...
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What is the meaning of pri=42
When mounting a swap partition on Linux, what does the mount option pri=42 mean?
fstab:
/dev/hda1 swap swap pri=42 0 0
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Is there any way to set the priority of a process in Mac OS X?
I have a background process running at 100% CPU on Mac OS X. All other applications are very slow because of it.
I'd like to set this process to take no more than 50% so that my applications can run ...
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How do you keep Microsoft Excel running at full speed even when it does not have the window focus?
I've noticed that when Excel 2007 (and probably earlier versions) has the window focus, Excel runs at full speed which means that files open fast and long-running VBA macros execute quickly.
If the ...
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