[Info-ingres] Reducing the number of CPUs in an Ingres Installation

[Martin Bowes]

> So "simply" shut down Ingres, let the admin to their thing and then startup Ingres again?

Yes.

> OK. I think we might find the same thing; CPU utilisation is normally very low.

We also put a lot of work into minimising the maintenance tasks that burnt cpu for no great reason. The easiest task was reducing the number of checkpoints being taken. We had many databases with minimal activity that nonetheless were being backed up on a weekly basis.

Marty.