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> > Or how many lock/release per second. Or some other
> > idea of how efficient it is?
> Depends on the work done between acquiring the lock and releasing it.
Not really. I'm asking how many lock/releases can be done before the thing starts putting a serious load on the system. And if the load it imposes is linear.
> When sessions acquire the same lock (as asked), only one session can do
> the work in a given moment. So, it doesn't scale. There will be overhead,
> but that also is relative to the duration of the work done while the lock
> is held.
So, the overhead is MOL linear? Ie, if the amount of work is very small and the number of requests is very high, nothing is gonna suddenly go South?
> Maybe AQ can help, by doing the work asynchronously in the background and
> so lift the serialization from the primary proces(ses)?
The work is very small indeed. No need to background anything.
Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au
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