Does writing of the big file block Erlang VM?
erlang
Solution
The Erlang VM manages an internal (OS-level) thread pool for I/O. Interacting with files will not block the emulator.
In general, file access goes through an IoDevice, which is a wrapper process coordinating I/O. If you work with files a lot, this may slow things down. `file:open/2` provides a `raw` mode for faster, direct reading/writing of files.
Problem
Does the entire Erlang VM get blocked (that is no other Erlang processes are executed) while I write a big file in a separate process ?