Question

Why is it important to balance the amount of CPU-bound processes in the system against I/O-bound processes?

Answer 1

It's very important to balance the amount of CPU-bound process in the system against I/O-bound process due to following:

1. If not done, system overhead could come.

2. Memory leak is possible if not balanced.

3. Context switching may results in error or system may be crashed.

4. System would be slow and need more time for process execution.

So CPU-bound process should be balanced to have the following good scenarios:

1. Overhead would be reduced

2. Context switching would not results any issue.

3. Memory leak would be reduced

4. Internal functionality would be smoother and system would not be slow or idle.

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