ionice – renice you IO activity for the process.
ionice is utility provided by the package util-linux. Description of util-linux:
- Description : The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
- utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
- others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
- program.
With the help of this utility, you can set the scheduler priority for your IO scheduling upto RealTime, but be careful that can make other process sluggish. Example use:
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