Comment on Redis latency spikes and the Linux kernel: a few more detailsparentComments−justincormack11yBut the immutable data structure is not that much different from the copy-on-write pages the kernel gives you, likely to involve the same amount of copying. And disk IO is blocking so you need at least a thread, so it is a natural strategy.
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But the immutable data structure is not that much different from the copy-on-write pages the kernel gives you, likely to involve the same amount of copying. And disk IO is blocking so you need at least a thread, so it is a natural strategy.