Make use of ionice/nice to allow less invasive backups

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Make use of ionice/nice to allow less invasive backups

mzpqnxow opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

@cytopia It would be nice to have a default and/or an option to ionice/nice the backup operation to reduce lag on the system during a backup. It is a pretty simple thing to add, I can PR it if you want, maybe you prefer to put it in?

AG · Answer 1 · Thu Feb 14 2019 23:05:29 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

No pun intended re: 'it would be nice' :)

AG · Answer 2 · Thu Feb 14 2019 23:34:25 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

One way to implement this without invoking nice/ionice in the linux-timemachine itself is using the method described here

I'm not sure what a good default would be, if there even is such a thing...

cytopia · Answer 3 · Sun Mar 29 2020 23:56:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Not sure if this will be compatible with BSD/MacOS. I am also trying to keep the script as small as possible to avoid potential bugs, as backing up should be trustworthy.

cytopia · Answer 4 · Sat Apr 11 2020 20:07:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@mzpqnxow I will close this as the behaviour on BSD and MacOS is not clear and it would make the code too complex. If you think this is a really needed feature, please let me know and I will re-open this issue and see if more people wish to see this happening.

AG · Answer 5 · Tue Apr 14 2020 07:10:17 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@cytopia I agree with you, I hadn't considered compatibility