What occurs if the configured batch size is below 256?

When the configured batch size is below 256, it is important to understand that ServiceNow Discovery enforces minimum operational thresholds to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the discovery process. If the batch size is set below this threshold, the system automatically adjusts the batch size to zero. This is an internal safeguard, as a batch size of zero would effectively halt any discovery activities, ensuring that the system is not attempting to run under ineffective or unproductive parameters.

By automatically adjusting the batch size down to zero, ServiceNow prevents resource wastage and potential system performance issues that could arise from such configurations. Thus, this mechanism is in place to optimize the operation of discovery tasks and maintain system health.

The other choices may indicate other potential actions or configurations, but they do not accurately describe the behavior of the ServiceNow Discovery engine when faced with a batch size setting below the critical threshold of 256.