Feature request - option to lower resource usage while Comparing or Synchronize

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webmaster33

Comparing and Synchronizing takes a lot resources in all resources (memory, CPU, HDD bandwidth).

I would like to be able to set optionally the following:
1) Resource usage: full, lower, idle. Idle would mean to show multiple options to lower resource usage.
2) Lower resource usage options:
- process priority options: low, below normal, normal. I don't think it would be good idea to set priority above normal.
- CPU affinity options: use all CPU cores, use CPU core 0, use CPU core 1, etc...
- option: use CPU resource idle:
- do process, when CPU selected core average is below 30%.
- option: use HDD resource idle:
- do process, when HDD used bandwidth is below 5 Mb/sec.
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Zenju

See help file chapter "Expert Settings": RunWithBackgroundPriority. This option will lower the file I/O priorities for FFS. Further options to manage the CPU are not needed since FFS is not CPU bound.
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webmaster33

Thanks, I will try it.
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webmaster33

Could be possible to have the RunWithBackgroundPriority option on the GUI?
Would be fine to be able to change easier.