How to handle long running process using TPL

Question

I have started learning TPL in C# recently. We have a windows service that does some functionality.

I have to perform each job paralelly rather than  sequentially.

Each job will be taking more than 10 mins to complete. So, i am considering this as long running process.

So, i guess i would not be creating ThreadPool for this , as it is meant for short time threads.

how to handle long running tasks using TPL. Suppose if i have 100 jobs to process,

Do i need to create 100 tasks for long running process ?

Please clarify on above.

Have you tried specifying `TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning` when creating the task? Then it's likely not to use the thread pool... — Jon Skeet, Jun 23 '14 at 13:57
Is the long running process a CPU bound process or an I/O bound process? — Yuval Itzchakov, Jun 23 '14 at 14:01
Suppose i have hundered jobs to process, do i need t create 100 threads ? — Sai Avinash, Jun 23 '14 at 14:07
@JohnSKeet. If i have lot of jobs to process , will it create lot of threads ? — Sai Avinash, Jun 23 '14 at 14:09

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '14 at 14:00

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Use TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning. It is made for long-running work that might confuse the thread-pool heuristics. As of .NET 4.5 this always runs your code on a new thread. You can still use all other TPL features.

answered Jun 23 '14 at 14:00

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