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I consider 64bit machines the final nail in the coffin of N:M for next decade. Since you can spawn millions of kernel threads the argument of easier-than-callba
by qznc 13y ago
I consider 64bit machines the final nail in the coffin of N:M for next decade. Since you can spawn millions of kernel threads the argument of easier-than-callbacks in favor of N:M disappears.
- mcguire 13y agoIn practice, though, I've never seen a situation with a single server running more than a thousand kernel threads end well. My experience may be limited, though.
- jlouis 13y agoThe problem with kernel threads are they require kernel context. This is usually at least 4-8 kilobytes of memory. Which is about 8-16 times as much as an Erlang process...