i´m currently dealing with a system where i have to track the state for several thousand objects in parallel that send possible state updates a few times every minute. In addition i have to perform additional computation (no slow IO stuff, just using CPU).
I currently use a custom state machine implementation. however, as WF is used within other parts of the system, i wonder if the WF state machine´s may be suitable for such a scenario with a handful (<5) of states.
I fear that the overhead might be too big when it comes to performance. As the MS documentation does not really cover topics regarding performance for WF state machines, i wonder if some SO member has some information or resources regaring WF state machine performance?
regards
j.
State machines are great for a high performance system. If you really need very high performance using workflow foundation adds a lot of complexity and overhead. I’ve found biztalk to be totally unsuitable for very high performance.