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Entry  Thu Feb 26 13:17:31 2015, ericq, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, FB IO load 
    Reply  Thu Feb 26 13:55:59 2015, jamie, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, FB IO load 
       Reply  Mon Mar 23 19:30:36 2015, rana, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, rsync frames to LDAS cluster 
          Reply  Wed May 13 09:17:28 2015, rana, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, rsync frames to LDAS cluster 
             Reply  Mon May 18 14:22:05 2015, ericq, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, rsync frames to LDAS cluster 
Message ID: 11077     Entry time: Thu Feb 26 13:55:59 2015     In reply to: 11076     Reply to this: 11161
Author: jamie 
Type: Update 
Category: Computer Scripts / Programs 
Subject: FB IO load 
We should use "ionice" to throttle the rsync. Use something like "ionice -c 3 rsync ..." to set the priority such that the rsync process will only work when there is no other IO contention. See "man ionice" for other options.
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