Re: [SLUG] tuning a maximum load

[Martin Barry <marty@xxxxxxxxxx>]

$quoted_author = "Grant Street" ;
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> I have a problem where I am running thirdparty software sporadically my  
> machine(s) get into a state where they are responsive to pings but not  
> ssh or a local console.

Re-nicing the troublesome software doesn't help?


> 1 enable Magic SysRq to hopefully get somthing out of it.

You could give that a try and see if it gets you a console back at least.


> 2 Is there a way to tune the way/algorithm the kernel uses so that under  
> load it will kill off processes earlier or more aggresively under  
> extreme load.

I'm not aware of anything like a CPU version of OOM killer but I have come
across a project aimed at process level CPU limiting.

http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/

cheers
marty

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