Top "Worker" questions

In software, the term worker usually describes a long-running process being executed in a separate thread from an application's main thread of execution.

worker queue for nodejs?

I am in the process of beginning to write a worker queue for node using node's cluster API and mongoose. …

node.js message-queue worker
multiple worker/web processes on a single heroku app

Is there some way to configure multiple worker and/or web processes to run in the single Heroku app container? …

node.js heroku multiple-instances worker
Spark CollectAsMap

I would like to know how collectAsMap works in Spark. More specifically I would like to know where the aggregation …

apache-spark distributed-computing worker
What is a "worker" in Odoo?

What is the purpose of workers? Are these workers for multi-threading or something else? When the Odoo instance start I …

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What is the appropriate number of Gunicorn workers for each Amazon Instance Type?

I'm currently trying to figure out what the appropriate number of workers is for each Amazon Instance Type. I used …

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How to configure Apache Spark random worker ports for tight firewalls?

I am using Apache Spark to run machine learning algorithms and other big data tasks. Previously, I was using spark …

configuration apache-spark worker ports
How to close Smtp connection in SwiftMailer

I use SwiftMailer to send emails from a gearman worker process. I'm using the Swift_SmtpTransport class to send emails. …

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C# cancelling DoWork of background worker

C# 2008 I am using the code below to login to a softphone. However, the login progess is a long process …

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Starting multiple upstart instances automatically

We use PHP gearman workers to run various tasks in parallel. Everything works just fine, and I have silly little …

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