17 Jul
2002
17 Jul
'02
4:34 p.m.
Hi,
I need a way to set a hard limit on processor usage on the server. A user had spawned three processes, one on each processor (the fourth one got fried a long time ago), which kept them 90% busy. The result was that the server became to slow to even reply to ping packets, not to mention loss of DNS service.
The command "ulimit" has an option "-t" that can set a limit on processor usage in seconds ... what does that mean?
I want to say something like "only x% on only y processors" if possible. Is there a way to do that?
Will simply limiting processor usage help solve the problem we faced?
Sameer.
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MTech Student,
Reconfigurable Computing Lab,
KReSIT, IIT-Bombay.
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