Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

housekeeping

English answer:

routine maintenance

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-10-26 17:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Oct 23, 2010 12:44
13 yrs ago
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English term

housekeeping

English Tech/Engineering Computers: Software
Does it mean management ?


If all backups can run in parallel there is an overall aggregate performance increase and if they finish within a few minutes of each other, the impact of housekeeping from the backup jobs will be minimized

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routine maintenance

The ensemble of tasks to keep the system running smoothly. The text in question probably implies that downtime or quasi-downtime (periods of limited system availability) can be minimized by running backups in parallel.
Peer comment(s):

agree Thayenga
24 mins
Thanks!
agree Egil Presttun : Routine tasks carried out by the system.
48 mins
Thank you, Egil
agree Arabic & More
1 hr
Thank you, AMel
agree Stephanie Ezrol
1 hr
Thank you, Stephanie
agree humbird
3 hrs
Thank you
agree Pham Huu Phuoc
13 hrs
Thank you
agree Phong Le
14 hrs
Thank you
agree Ildiko Santana
3 days 5 hrs
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