File Access Strategy in a Multi-Threaded Environment (Web App)

Question

I have a file which is an XML representation of some data that is taken from a Web service and cached locally within a Web Application. The idea being is that this data is <

Answer 1

How about using AutoResetEvent to communicate between threads? I created a console app which creates roughly 8 GB file in createfile method and then copy that file in main method

 static AutoResetEvent waitHandle = new AutoResetEvent(false);
    static string filePath=@"C:\Temp\test.txt";
    static string fileCopyPath=@"C:\Temp\test-copy.txt";
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("in main method");
        Console.WriteLine();
        Thread thread = new Thread(createFile);
        thread.Start();

        Console.WriteLine("waiting for file to be processed ");
        Console.WriteLine();
        waitHandle.WaitOne();
        Console.WriteLine();

        File.Copy(filePath, fileCopyPath);
        Console.WriteLine("file copied ");

    }


    static void createFile()
    {

        FileStream fs= File.Create(filePath);            
        Console.WriteLine("start processing a file "+DateTime.Now);
        Console.WriteLine();
        using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs))
        {
            for (long i = 0; i < 300000000; i++)
            {
                sw.WriteLine("The value of i is " + i);

            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine("file processed " + DateTime.Now);
        Console.WriteLine();

        waitHandle.Set();
    }