Example of Workload Manager classes with shares and limits

If classes A, C, and D are active, the calculated targets would be:

If during testing it was found that the applications in class A perform adequately when allowed to use 50% of the resource, it might be desirable to make the other 50% of the resource available to the other classes. This can be accomplished by giving class A a soft maximum of 50% for this resource. Since the current calculated target of 60% is over this limit, it will be adjusted down to the soft maximum value. When this happens, the target or actual consumption (whichever is lower) of class A is subtracted from the amount of resource available. Because this class now has a target constrained by its limit (and not its shares), the shares for the class are also subtracted from the number of active shares. Assuming class A has a current consumption of 48%, the targets will now be: