JOB1                  JOB2     JOB3
Type of job   Heavy compute   Heavy I/O   Heavy I/O
Duration    5 min.     15 min.     10 min.
Memory req.   50K     100 K     80 K
Need disk?   No     No     Yes
Need terminal   No     Yes     No
Need printer?   No     No     Yes
n Almost no contention for resources
n All 3 can run in minimum time in a multitasking
environment (assuming JOB2/3 have enough CPU
time to keep their I/O operations active)