Is QoS the right tool?

I read through this very through post by toastman on QoS. I don't know if QoS is the right tool for my use case: I want to give http traffic priority over scp and rsync over ssh in a single user environment without compromising on transfer speeds when http is not in use.

I do lots of rsync over ssh and scp to/from my PC. When doing this, it maximizes my upstream bandwidth and makes http browsing very...

Is QoS the right tool?