Re: random beeps during backup

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 17:42, griffin tucker
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> my debian testing virtual machine randomly beeps, sometimes really
> long beeps, when running rdiff-backup after a long time (overnight)
> and only when interacting with the installation while it's still
> running
>
> nothing in /var/log/messages
>
> rdiff-backup doesn't report any errors (empty log file)
>
> i've limited it's processor count to 2 and re-run it, and there's no
> beeping anymore
>
> i'm just wondering, can i cap rdiff-backup's cpu usage to a percentage
> so i can utilise all cores but not experience system instability?
>
> otherwise, can i cap rdiff-backup's thread count?

it's also worth noting that i limited rdiff-backup with nice and
ionice but the beeping still occurred