> If classic server, your batch would run on a separate process. Could you
> perhaps set that process to lower priority than the others in the OS?

No, you shouldn't!

If an additional Classic process runs at lower priority, it might not
get activated at all, or very slowly. This can result in resource locks
in such a way that other Classic processes cannot use those resources.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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