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XK0-006 · Question #56
A Linux systems administrator is running an important maintenance task that consumes a large amount of CPU, causing other applications to slow. Which of the following actions should the…
The correct answer is B. Lower the priority of the maintenance task with renice. The renice command adjusts the priority of a running process. By lowering the maintenance task’s priority, the scheduler allocates more CPU time to other applications, reducing their
System Configuration and Management
Question
A Linux systems administrator is running an important maintenance task that consumes a large amount of CPU, causing other applications to slow. Which of the following actions should the administrator take to help alleviate the issue?
Options
- AIncrease the available CPU time with pidstat.
- BLower the priority of the maintenance task with renice.
- CRun the maintenance task with nohup.
- DExecute the other applications with the bg utility.
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A4% (1)
- B89% (24)
- C7% (2)
Explanation
The renice command adjusts the priority of a running process. By lowering the maintenance task’s priority, the scheduler allocates more CPU time to other applications, reducing their
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#renice#process priority#CPU management#nice
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