Processing in the WorkQueue should happen automatically as long as the ShredHostService is running, and there's sufficient memory on the server. Are you having issues with WorkQueue entries not processing?

Steve

The WorkQueue processor in the ShredHostService actually has multiple threads that are run to process WorkQueue items simultaneously. So, if there are several items scheduled for the same time, they will simply be processed at the same time, if threads are available. The starts processing WorkQueue items in sequential order, based on the scheduled time. If there is a large backlog in the WorkQueue, it will just take longer to get through all the processing. If there is a backlog, we do have mechanism where WorkQueue items are rescheduled after processing for completion.

The software can also function with multiple ShredHostServices running on multiple servers pointing to the same database. This way data can actually be processed by multiple systems if need be. The production system we have at JDMI has around 10 servers and processes around 1800 studies a day.

Steve