[PLUG] Re: gzip and CPU usage

["Randy Schmidt" <x@altorg.com>]

One other thing, the gzip process I can't figure out is being run by
root and the one that is from the backup script is being run by the
normal user...if that wasn't obvious or if it matters.

Thanks,
Randy

On 11/1/06, Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have an install of mediawiki running on Ubuntu 6.04 which acts as a
> knowledge base within our company. In order to back it up, I have a
> script that runs every 2 hours that
>
> 1. Dumps the database
> 2. Copies the application and data
> 3. gzips it all
> 4. Moves the archive to another machine that gets backed up daily.
>
> I had it backing up the knowledge base once every hour but I noticed
> that zipping everything up took up too much CPU and made the knowledge
> base and another application take forever to respond.
>
> I have also noticed that gzip runs at random times (not specified in
> my crontab and not while a backup is happening) which has caused a
> large bottleneck.
>
> Any ideas how to locate what is causing gzip to run when I don't want
> it to and also is there a way to keep gzip from using up all of the
> cpu? Is there a way of limiting it? I don't care if it takes 10 times
> as long to create the archive.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> --
> Randy Schmidt
> x@altorg.com
> 267.334.6833


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Randy Schmidt
x@altorg.com
267.334.6833
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