Thanks.

Regarding UDP, that all makes sense.

For my short-term needs, to minimize risk and infrastructure changes, it looks like the ASYNC module will work.

Here's the basic outline of what I'm doing:

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async_workers=8

route

{

                route(CHECK_IS_EXPENSIVE_OPERATION);

                if ($var(isExpensiveOperation))

                {

                                async_task_route("COMMON");

                }

                else

                {

                                route(COMMON);

                }

}

route[COMMON]

{

                # Do all my normal routing logic.

}

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I detect at the very top of the main route whether the operation will be expensive.

If so, I process the message with an async worker.

If not, I directly process the message on the TCP worker.

The rest of the routing logic remains unchanged.

The only difference is that I execute the expensive operations using the async workers.

It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it seems like an OK short-term fix to relieve pressure.

I will revisit the bigger architectural ideas in a later phase.

Thanks again for all your help and good ideas.

Happy Friday.

                -Cody