[mythtv-users] Folding at home, having it start/stop between recordings/jobs??

[Bobby Gill]

>
> The latter.  Basically, a process with a higher priority will get
> resources before a process with a lower priority. (It's a bit more
> complicated and I don't pretend to understand it but for country bumpkins
> like me that explanation will suffice.)
>
> So f at h is grinding along, sucking up 100% CPU, and then myth cranks up,
> needs CPU cycles, and the f at h process will get less CPU.  Lots less if
> myth is high in the list and f at h is low.
>
> I'm surprised you don't have man pages on those; AFAIK they're a basic
> part of any *nix.  Your distro must have them as an optional install.
>

Okay, thanks, that is pretty clear (even for me lol).

Note if you are iobound this is NOT your solution, however....


Can you explain this?


Thanks a bunch
Bob
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