Plugin Author
Eli
(@scheeeli)
The Complete Scan was designed to run under multiple linear threads so that it will finish in a reasonable amount of time without bogging down the server. It may use as much of the CPU as is allocated to your PHP processes, but it restricts the processing in short bursts that are stacked in line each process taking it’s turn after the prior process completes. This ensures that any other simultaneous processes started by other requests get answered in a timely manner before the next scanner process is initiated. Thus the scanner makes the most of the available UPC with minimal interference to any other processes taking place at the same time.
You are the first person to ask for the scan to take longer 😉 but if you really want it to use less CPU you should look into mod_hostinglimits to regulate the CPU usage per user. I don’t think this will prove to be beneficial though, as my plugin is already tuned to get the best results with the least impact.
Let me know if you have any more questions on any of this, or anything else.
Aloha,
Eli
