Work Queues

Question 1

What do queues do?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

What is beanstalkd?

Answer 2

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.