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Article #334Re: tape I/O hogging nodes
From: Erstad
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1987 18:25
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1987 18:25
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The key to remember is that priority only affects cpu utilization. If, in the fractional second you pause for thought, your entire memory is swapped out for some other task (tape, background process, whatever) then even processing a keystroke may well take a couple of disk reads causing extremely 'jerky' behaviour.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!HI-MULTICS.ARPA!Erstad From: Erstad@HI-MULTICS.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.apollo Subject: Re: tape I/O hogging nodes Message-ID: <870122182509.989950@HI-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 13:25:00 EST Article-I.D.: HI-MULTI.870122182509.989950 Posted: Thu Jan 22 13:25:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Jan-87 06:35:35 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 6 Approved: apollo@yale-comix.arpa