Priority=integer Specifies the base priority of the monitor process. This priority should always be higher than the highest database user process priority. By default, the monitor runs at the highest interactive priority possible, 15. You should not normally have to lower the monitor process priority. If you change this to a lower priority, an attach operation can cause a deadlock. Deadlock occurs when multiple processes with higher priority than the monitor attempt to attach at the same time. In this case, the monitor must contend for CPU time with multiple higher-priority processes and is perpetually locked out. As a result, no one can use the database.