Throttling a process

[Vlad Dumitrescu (EAW)]

> Beware of the possibility of priority inversion, though. 

Good point!

I think I will try the "hand-made" solution I was thinking about, because what I need to watch most are things like the file system load, or the Internet bandwidth used, or the CPU usage. I don't mind if I will have to wait 2 or 5 minutes for (relative) quiescence.

Thanks all for the hints!
regards,
Vlad