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Consider a system consisting of four processes and a single resource. The current state of the claim and allocation matrices is:

Consider a system consisting of four processes and a single

What is the minimum number of units of the resource needed to be available for this state to be safe?

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The number of available units required for the state to be safe is 3, making a total of 10 units in the system. In the state shown in the problem, if one additional unit is available, P2 can run to completion, releasing its resources, making 2 units available. This would allow P1 to run to completion making 3 units available. But at this point P3 needs 6 units and P4 needs 5 units. If to begin with, there had been 3 units available instead of 1 unit, there would now be 5 units available. This would allow P4 to run to completion, making 7 units available, which would allow P3 to run to completion.

This would allow P4 to run to completion, making 7 units available, which would allow P3 to run to completion.

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