An analysis of server-based locking
B. L. Wolman · ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News · 1989
This paper discusses the performance implications of using server-based locking instead of shared memory locking in an input/output (IO) intensive benchmark. Uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems were investigated. Server-based locking was not a problem in uniprocessor runs or in multiprocessor runs that were processor limited. Server-based locking resulted in a significant degradation in throughput of IO limited multiprocessor runs.