[Info-vax] nice for VMS

[P. Sture]

In article <49dc0521$0$90275$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
 Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:

> Martin Krischik wrote:
> > May colleges are slightly upset because my compiles eats up to much CPU. 
> > On unix I would just "nice -5" them and problem solved.
> > 
> > My guess is that "SET Process /SCHEDULING_CLASS" could help - but if so: 
> > which scheduling class should I use?
> > 
> > Or do need something different? The HELP pages are not all that clear.
> 
> SET PROC/PRIO is probably the most equivalent, but the advice about a
> low priority batch queue is more VMS'ish in my opinion.
> 
> A good SLOW queue is a must on a VMS system !
> 
> :-)
> 

Not so important with today's memory prices, but if RAM is an issue,
that batch queue can be have a large WSQUOTA to do an efficient compile
and link. while at the same time restricting interactive WSUOTA to
to smaller values.

-- 
Paul Sture