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193.164.137.40 Limit the CPU usage of an application (process) - cpulimit
+++ linux:tips [2013/09/17 22:01]
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 This will cleanly unmount drives, terminate processes and nicely reboot your machine.
+<note important>**If you suspect memory corruption killed your kernel, be careful with Sync option. It may flush corrupted disk buffers over your filesystem and cause more headache after reboot.**</note>
 **also for more detailed info see:** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key]]
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    * If you want kernel to swap out more process memory and thus cache more file contents increase the value. Otherwise, if you would like kernel to swap less decrease it.
    * More info [[http://lwn.net/Articles/83588/|2.6 swapping behavior]]
+Example:
+   * ''swappiness=0'' tells the kernel to avoid swapping processes out of physical memory for as long as possible
+   * ''swappiness=100'' tells the kernel to aggressively swap processes out of physical memory and move them to swap cache
+   * A value of ''swappiness=10'' is recommended, but feel free to experiment.
 ===== Getting rid of that obsolete delay after password authentication =====