How do I limit I/O usage for a user/process? A user broke my system

[krad]

Does the same issue happen with vim no nano? If not maybe just remove pico.

On 19 August 2016 at 11:44, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:16:57 +0200
> "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > On 2016-08-19 10:40:58, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> > (...)
> > >     Very likely the problem was due to memory use and you are tight
> > > on memory for your normal load.
> >
> > Which, as I might add, *should* be the normal usage pattern of a box.
>
>         You want all the memory in use I agree, but you don't want it so
> tight that there is constant memory pressure so there should be a goodly
> amount inactive, in cache and buffers. If there is swap activity then you
> are too tight for the load.
>
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