Work Queues Flashcards

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What do queues do?

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Allow you to defer the processing of a time consuming task, such as sending an email, until a later time, thus drastically speeding up the web requests to your application.

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What is beanstalkd?

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A simple, fast work queue. It’s interface is generic, but was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.

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