Patterns for Multithreaded Network Server in C#

Question

Are there any templates/patterns/guides I can follow for designing a multithreaded server? I can\'t find anything terribly useful online through my google searches.

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Answer 1

Oddly enough you may find something on a Computer Science Assignment, CSC 512 Programming Assignment 4: Multi-Threaded Server With Patterns. Altough it's C++ voodoo but the theory is quite understandable for someone who can do C#.

• Acceptor/ Connector
• Monitor Object
• Thread Safe Interface
• Wrapper Facade
• Scoped Locking
• Strategized Locking
• Reactor
• Half Sync/Half-Async
• Leaders/Followers

Altough you can get the whole list of nice readings on the main page.

Answer 2

Take a look at this previous question:

How do you minimize the number of threads used in a tcp server application?

It's not strictly C# specific, but it has some good advice.