Which action should the Administrator take?

An Administrator has been asked to improve the response time of the workloads in the tactical tier. Workloads are in all tiers of TASM. They are at CPU and I/O capacity, and they have AWT reserved for tactical. The Administrator begins by analyzing the data and the workload prioritization.

Which action should the Administrator take?
A . Increase the relative weight of the tactical tier.
B . Disable the expedite option of the workloads in the SLG Tier level 1.
C . Increase the number of AWTs.
D . Adjust the limits of awt concurrency in the tactical tier using DBS control.

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Answer: A

Explanation:

In a TASM (Teradata Active System Management) environment, the relative weight of different tiers (such as tactical, SLG, or background) determines the amount of CPU and I/O resources allocated to each tier. Increasing the relative weight of the tactical tier would prioritize these workloads, giving them more resources relative to other tiers and improving their response time.

Option B (Disable the expedite option of the workloads in the SLG Tier level 1) might alleviate some resource pressure from SLG Tier 1 workloads, but it doesn’t directly improve the prioritization or resource allocation for tactical workloads.

Option C (Increase the number of AWTs) is not applicable because the system already has reserved AWTs for tactical workloads, and AWT (AMP Worker Task) availability is likely not the bottleneck here. Simply increasing the number of AWTs without addressing the core CPU and I/O resource allocation will not improve tactical workload response.

Option D (Adjust the limits of AWT concurrency in the tactical tier using DBS control) might provide marginal improvements but won’t have a significant impact on overall resource prioritization. It focuses more on concurrency management than directly improving workload performance through resource allocation.