SQL Server Agent Job Running Slow

Question

I am executing a stored procedure using SQL Server Agent Job in SQL Server 2005.

This job was running fast until yesterday. Since yesterday this job is taking more tha

Answer 1

I've noticed that SQL Agent jobs ignore the server's MAXDOP setting and run everything with a MAXDOP of 1. If I run a stored procedure in a query windows, it obeys the server settings and uses 4 processes. If I use SQL Agent, any stored procedure I run uses only one process.