timeslice.5 (2010 09)

timeslice(5) timeslice(5)

(Tunable Kernel Parameters)

What Are the Side Effects of Lowering the Value?

The lowering of the timeslice tunable will result in many more context switches which will increase

the time spent in SYSTEM space and less time spent in USER space. Also, the applications that are com-

pute intensive will suffer performance degradation.

What Other Tunable Values Should Be Changed at the Same Time?

None.

WARNINGS

All HP-UX kernel tunable parameters are release speciﬁc. This parameter may be removed or have its

meaning changed in future releases of HP-UX.

Installation of optional kernel software, from HP or other vendors, may cause changes to tunable parame-

ter values. After installation, some tunable parameters may no longer be at the default or recommended

values. For information about the effects of installation on tunable values, consult the documentation for

the kernel software being installed. For information about optional kernel software that was factory

installed on your system, see HP-UX Release Notes at

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs

AUTHOR

timeslice was developed by HP.