Q. Benefits and Drawbacks of Batch System?
Benefits of Batch System:
- Move much of the work of operator to computer.
- Increased performance as it was possible for job to start as soon as previous job finished.
Drawbacks of Batch System
- Turnaround time can be large from user standpoint.
- Difficult to debug program.
- Due to lack of protection scheme, one batch job can affect pending jobs.
- A job can enter an infinite loop.
- A job can corrupt the monitor thus affecting pending jobs.