to quiesce

Examples

• All

• But first let me tell you what the impact of quiescing a system is.

• When a processor, called the master, began executing an IPTE or SSKE instruction, it would first notify the system control (SC) element that it wanted to quiesce the system.

  Academic text (1999)

• A commonly used one (and the one used on the G4 system) worked on the principle of quiescing operations on all processors during the execution of one of these instructions.

  Academic text (1999)

• When each slave processor reached an interruptible point, it would inform the SC that it was now quiesced and would wait in a millicode loop for further commands.

  Academic text (1999)

• Logging of entries in the hardware trace array is stopped, hardware state machines are quiesced, the CPU/SCM interface is fenced, and the error state is reported to the CPU.

  Academic text (1999)

• To perform maintenance safely, the technician will quiesce the server before starting the backup process.

• Before upgrading the software, it is crucial to quiesce the system to prevent data loss during the update.

Antonyms

A

to activate

715 3.6

To make a machine, system, or account start working

R

to resume

297 3.1

To start an activity again after a pause

How Paused

to shut down

541 2.9

to suspend

141 3.9

to quiesce

• Specialized

9.9

to pause

346 1.0

to idle

1 3.2

Surface Forms

Etymology