Top "Nice" questions

Controlling scheduling priority of python threads?

I've written a script that uses two thread pools of ten threads each to pull in data from an API. …

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Python: ulimit and nice for subprocess.call / subprocess.Popen?

I need to limit the amount of time and cpu taken by external command line apps I spawn from a …

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sudo nohup nice <-- in what order?

So I have a script that I want to run as root, without hangup and nicely. What order should I …

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Nicing a running python process?

When my longer-running programm starts, I want to lower its priority so it does not consume all resources avaiable on …

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is nice() used to change the thread priority or the process priority?

The man page for nice says "nice() adds inc to the nice value for the calling process. So, can we …

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Niceness and priority processes on Linux system

I am looking for a way to modify a process' priority through command line. I found the builtin (bash) nice …

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Understand what is using up "nice" CPU

I am running a small Cassandra cluster on Google Compute Engine. From our CPU graphs (as reported by collectd), I …

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Difference between nice and setpriority in unix

I'm trying to implement a different flavor of the 'nice' command of unix in C. I have seen the definitions …

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