3.11 Priority
By default the Director process runs at low priority. On UNIX variants and OpenVMS systems, you can change the priority while the Director is running by entering the desta priority command:
desta priority compete desta priority lowWhere compete assigns the Director a normal priority, or low assigns the Director a low priority.
On OpenVMS systems, this command issues the SET PROCESS /PRIORITY command. The operating system may change the priority of any process at any time, and may not change the priority when the SET PROCESS /PRIORITY command is issued. Therefore, the desta command may not change the priority of the DESTA Director process. It functions more like a suggestion to the operating system rather than a command.