process_priority

--process_priority={low|normal|high}

The priority of a backup or validation process running in a system. In the validation commands, this parameter is ignored if the backup destination is a managed vault.

This parameter determines the amount of CPU and system resources allocated to that process. Decreasing the priority will free more resources for other applications. Increasing the priority might speed up the backup or validation process by requesting the operating system to allocate more resources like the CPU to the backup application. However, the resulting effect will depend on the overall CPU usage and other factors like disk in/out speed or network traffic.

Available values are as follows:

• low (by default)

  Use this value to minimize resources taken by the backup or validation process and leave more resources to other processes running on the machine.

• normal

  Use this value to run the backup or validation process at the normal speed and allocate resources on a par with other processes.

• high

  Use this value to maximize the backup or validation process speed by taking resources from other processes.