System.Timers.Timer/Threading.Timer vs Thread with WhileLoop + Thread.Sleep For Periodic Tasks

Question

In my application I have to send periodic heartbeats to a \"brother\" application.

Is this better accomplished with System.Timers.Timer/Threading.Timer or Using a Th

Answer 1

I've found that the only timer implementation that actually scales is System.Threading.Timer. All the other implementations seem pretty bogus if you're dealing with a non trivial number of scheduled items.