> "The time specifies the maximum allowed time that a job may block
> waiting for a resource".
>
> I'm not sure what was meant by "block",
This is a computer science term. A running job must pause running when
it does not have the media loaded that it wants.

> but since jobs, waiting for
> higher priority jobs to finish aren't actually blocking anything, I cant
> really see why they should be canceled.
>
Think of it as the amount of time a running job has to wait for new
storage media to load.

John

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