0 votes 0 votes In the text, we described a multithreaded Web server, showing why it is better than a single-threaded server and a finite-state machine server. Are there any circumstances in which a single-threaded server might be better? Give an example. Operating System tanenbaum operating-system process-and-threads descriptive + – admin asked Oct 24, 2019 • retagged Oct 24, 2019 by Lakshman Bhaiya admin 721 views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Answer: Yes. If the server is completely CPU bounded, then it is not required to have many threads because it unnecessarily increases the overall complexity. Example: Think of a telephone directory, (like 555-1212) for the area which consists of 1 million people. Suppose each record consist of 64 characters, then the entire database takes $64$ MBs and that can be easily maintained in the memory of the server for faster lookup. Having many threads decreases the operational speed. No support for Kernel threads. `JEET answered Oct 25, 2019 `JEET comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
