By jonhurwitz
Do you use cgroups or some KVM feature to throttle disk IO among guests? I’m concerned that my IO-heavy application could get starved by other guests.
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you’re worried about your IO heavy app being treated fairly, but not whether your IO heavy app will affect others? sounds considerate. welcome aboard, friendly neighbour.
I did, but the ticket (68023) was closed without a comment. I don’t have any droplets yet because I am considering DO as a hosting provider.
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