[Box Backup] Controlling rate in lazy mode

[Imran]

Hmm, sounds like you don't have DMA mode turned on on the harddrive(s)?

If you have linux, you can do 'hdparm /dev/hda'  (where /dev/hda is your hdd) 
or whatever and if dma is turned on and if you have 32bit IO on.  

Imran




On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:40:14 +0100, Adrian Cox wrote
> I'm using boxbackup on three Debian boxes. I've found that lazy mode 
> is really more like hyperactive mode, and the continual churning of the
> disks has a noticeable effect on interactive use of the machine.
> 
> I can cure the problem by switching to snapshot mode and running nightly
> snapshots. But I do like the concept of lazy mode, and it would be
> useful to be able to throttle the rate of disk I/O. Any suggestions 
> as to how I could do that?
> 
> - Adrian Cox
> Humboldt Solutions Ltd.
> 
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