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n |
Determines
the number of
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processes
that will be
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resident in
main memory
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(ie: the
multiprogramming
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level)
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u |
Too
few processes:
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often all
processes will
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be blocked and
the
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processor will be
idle
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Too
many processes:
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the resident
size of each
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process will be
too small
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and flurries of
page
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faults will
result:
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thrashing
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