The UNIX Operating System
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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
University of Southern Mississippi
Ray.Seyfarth@usm.edu
Updated 20:05 Jun 5, 2000