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Resolved: When is sustained 100% CPU utilization not a worry? #programming #development #solution

When is sustained 100% CPU utilization not a worry?

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Consider the following scenario. There is a Microsoft VPC running several apps and services (Windows 2003 server). The server has two or three critical roles. Every so often, CPU utilization goes to 100% on a sustained basis. One of the culprits in this is a legacy application, for which the…

Answer: nice sudo or sudo nice? #programming #answer #it

nice sudo or sudo nice?

is there any difference between running an intensive task over sudo with the following commands?:

nice sudo [intensive command here]

sudo nice [intensive command here]

BTW this is for Linux 3.x.

Answer [by Michael Hampton]: nice sudo or sudo nice?

If you run nice sudothen the prompt for your password will also be niced, but since you’ll spend far more time typing it, it…