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Ray Seyfarth

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Context Switching


  • Having multiple server processes means context switches

  • A context switch consumes CPU time

  • Other processes are blocked during that time

  • We must consider the benefits of multiple servers versus the overhead


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Ray.Seyfarth@usm.edu
Updated 20:05 Jun 5, 2000