Setting Cpu Utilization - Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition Administrator's Manual

144 Scanning for viruses and other threats
Configuring scan options

Setting CPU utilization

For scheduled and manual scans, Symantec AntiVirus allows you to control the
scan's CPU priority. Giving a scan a lower priority means that the scan will take
longer to complete, but also frees the CPU to work on other tasks. You may want
to set a lower priority in some situations. For example, if you have scans running
at lunch time during the work week, you might want to lower the scan priority to
minimize the impact on user productivity.
You set scan priority using sliders in the Scan Options dialog box. You can
specify scan priority for:
Windows computers: Priority differs depending on whether the computer is
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idle or not idle. The idle setting specifies the priority that is assigned to
scans when the computer is idle. The not idle setting specifies the priority
that is assigned to scans when the computer is actively working.
NetWare computers: Symantec AntiVirus can throttle its load on NetWare
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servers. A lower load setting means the server scan will take longer to
complete.