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11.46Serial vs parallel
High level:
Parallel
higher throughput
more potential lock contention
Serial
slower
less concurrency
may reduce locking conflicts
Don't always choose Parallel.
A good answer:
“If records share heavily contended Salesforce parents, I would consider reducing concurrency or serial processing rather than maximizing throughput blindly.”