From 0be3542b4e16972e0ec5ff354625f45ea8241883 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 02:44:18 -0700 Subject: huge documentation revamp --- lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb') diff --git a/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb b/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb index 62a04a3..a6269cd 100644 --- a/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb +++ b/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb @@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ module Rainbows + # Implements a worker thread pool model. This is suited for platforms + # where the cost of dynamically spawning a new thread for every new + # client connection is too high. + # + # Applications using this model are required to be thread-safe. + # Threads are never spawned dynamically under this model. If you're + # connecting to external services and need to perform DNS lookups, + # consider using the "resolv-replace" library which replaces parts of + # the core Socket package with concurrent DNS lookup capabilities. + # + # This model is less suited for many slow clients than the others and + # thus a lower +worker_connections+ setting is recommended. module ThreadPool include Base -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7