Reliable actors

In the previous section, we created an application that is made up of two services—a stateful and stateless one. In SF, there are many different frameworks to build your system—another one is Reliable actors. It is designed for creating a platform of distributed services that can work concurrently and independently—because each actor is isolated, an issue with one instance does not affect others working at the same moment. You may wonder when to choose Reliable services and when the best option is Reliable Actors? The rule of thumb could be defined as follows:

  • If you require to divide your work among multiple workers (such as hundreds or thousands), choose Reliable Actors
  • If you want to isolate your work and expect a single-threaded ...

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