bArtoque wrote:
>
> Could'nt it also be possible to put the backup in a fixed queue, sothat its
> priority doesn't decay??? So it could take it's 10% and leave the rest for
> the couple of users (or sometimes only userscripts running overnight) logged
> in, they wouldn't mind at that time (during daytime we've got 250 users
> logged in).

<plug>
You may want to look at HP's Workload Manager product, too.
You can add your own scheduling queues/workgroups with both
min- and max-CPU percentage limits, and individual dispatching
characteristics.
</plug>.

Goetz.