Resource Controls (Overview)

After you determine the resource consumption of workloads on your system as described in Chapter 4, Extended Accounting (Overview), you can place boundaries on resource usage. Boundaries prevent workloads from over-consuming resources. The resource controls facility is the constraint mechanism that is used for this purpose.

This chapter covers the following topics.

• Resource Controls Concepts

• Configuring Resource Controls and Attributes

• Applying Resource Controls

• Temporarily Updating Resource Control Values on a Running System

• Commands Used With Resource Controls

For information about how to administer resource controls, see Chapter 7, Administering Resource Controls (Tasks).