HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 5 Miscellaneous Topics, 7 Device (Special) Files, 9 General Information, Index (vol 9)

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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.
AUTHOR
timeslice was developed by HP.
HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003 − 2 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 5−−319