Thats fine, but you do understand that nice (linux) will have *no*
effect on I/O?
I do.
For any non-trivial table (that can't be held entirely in memory), re-nice will almost certainly have no effect.
That's my feeling too, but at least is a try.
Regards Gaetano Mendola
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