UCPUSLIC parameter

From m204wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

User CPU slice

Summary

Default value
10
Parameter type
System
Where set
On user's parameter line
Related products
All
Introduced
Model 204 V7.1

Description

CPU milliseconds allowed while user is CPU bound.

If a CPU-bound user does not yield the CPU voluntarily after UCPUSLIC milliseconds, the user is time sliced, that is, forced to yield the CPU to the user with the next highest priority.

CPU-bound users that voluntarily yield the CPU are again considered IO-bound.

Increasing this parameter results in improved service for CPU bound requests and reduced service for other requests. A smaller value for this parameter increases the rate at which a CPU-bound request falls in priority, resulting in poorer service for the request.

Although a small value for this parameter improves service for non-CPU-bound requests, it can also reduce overall system throughput and performance by increasing scheduler overhead.