METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING REAL-TIME AND NON-REAL-TIME ACCESS TO A SHARED RESOURCE

A method and apparatus are provided in a computing environment for scheduling access to a resource. The method grants access to the resource by a non-real-time request when the non-real-time request can be completed before the latest possible start time at which a first real-time request must start service to timely complete all actual and anticipated real-time requests, otherwise granting the first real real-time request access to the resource.