On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> The wiki says nice_backend_super() might be able to "renice any
> backend pid and set any priority, but is usable only by the [database]
> superuser", hinting that it would be feasible to lower a backend's
> priority value (i.e. increase the scheduling priority). Unfortunately
> this is not possible on at least OS X and Linux, where one must be
> root to lower priority values. I haven't checked whether this module
> works on Windows, would appreciate if someone could give it a shot
> there.
I thought you were limited to only settings above 0 and your own
processes in linux.