Information Technology Reference
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• Does the process interact with humans? Human interactions are intrinsically slow
from a computer perspective. Persistent processes should be used whenever hu-
man interactions are involved.
• Does the process have a high demand? This might imply that we need to handle
the process in a distributed environment. A persistent process will allow you to
retrieve an existing process from any other system with connection to the data-
base.
Persistence of the process' internal state needs a set of characteristics that we need to un-
derstand in order to take full advantage of the mechanism. We'll proceed to explain each
component of the persistence to make it as clear as possible to configure it in the way that
best suits your needs.
