Production post-mortem: How a Windows Kernel Lock Stalled the .NET GC
March 9, 2026In the world of high-performance databases, “slow” is bad, but “stopped” is unacceptable. This was exactly what happened in one of our support cases. It started as a mysterious performance hiccup and ended with a deep dive into the Windows Kernel architecture, requiring the combined expertise of our team, the customer, and Microsoft Support.
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