Targeting a CPU - parallel processing.

[cf_code_warrior]

Ok, I have an application, forums software. 1000 users. Each has subscribe on
to a given thread. Whenever anyone posts a new message, DURING the add
routine, we have to send out notices to everyone via email that the new message
has been posted. If we do this 'inline' it'll be Breakfast before the viewer
is able to see anything again. How can we, using a 4 CPU server, instruct
CPU's 3-4 or 3 or xx to process this email stream in PARALLEL? Another
solution is to have a separate server using a 5 minute scheduler look for
members who subscribe and unbroadcast messages, and have it do the work. But
that's the same as a single CPU in the primary server. Any simple solutions.
Hah! Nothing is THAT simple. Thanks, Robert

[Dean Harmon]

Actually, there is a simple solution now using CFMX 7. Using the
asynchonous gateway you can have it fire off an event to the gateway using
SendGatewayMessage. The function will immediately return and then gateway
can take as long (or as little) as it needs because it will be in a separate
thread. The user will never notice a slowdown.

Dean

"cf_code_warrior" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, I have an application, forums software. 1000 users. Each has

subscribe on

> to a given thread. Whenever anyone posts a new message, DURING the add
> routine, we have to send out notices to everyone via email that the new

message

> has been posted. If we do this 'inline' it'll be Breakfast before the

viewer

> is able to see anything again. How can we, using a 4 CPU server, instruct
> CPU's 3-4 or 3 or xx to process this email stream in PARALLEL? Another
> solution is to have a separate server using a 5 minute scheduler look for
> members who subscribe and unbroadcast messages, and have it do the work.

But

> that's the same as a single CPU in the primary server. Any simple

solutions.

> Hah! Nothing is THAT simple. Thanks, Robert
>

[Mr Black]

What you need is to start a background CFM page that will send all those
emails. You can do it by using CFHTTP without waiting on the result (small
timeout) or by using this tag: [url]http://www.cftagstore.com/tags/cfxhttp5.cfm[/url]

[cf_code_warrior]

Thank you both for these helpful answers. Sarcasm NOT intended!