Thread Pools

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  • Does not yet cover queue bounds, saturation, or backpressure.

To avoid unbounded thread creation, servers often use a thread pool: a fixed number of threads are created at startup and incoming requests are placed into a queue. Threads pick up requests from the queue when they become free.

Advantages:

  • Limits resource usage.
  • Provides predictable performance.
  • Balances efficiency with concurrency.

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