Ability to throttle background processes?

[2twisty]

Well, using MySQL on the Pi seems to be working well. I've installed XBMC on my MacBook and am using it to scan and update the database.

Performance testing will have to wait a bit since I am still updating the library remotely. However, I can say that when I am running a background scan (and subsequent scrape) with SQLite, I can't reliably play videos at all. Just WAY too choppy.

When using MYSql and having the MacBook to the scan (the files are served by SMB from the Pi) and letting it do the scraping and update over the network, I am able to play video with only the very rarest of interruptions.

I'm going to start a new thread in Experimental about lean computing. Ive got some ideas, and I think that Pi users might also be of similar mindset.