the solution I used leveraged non-blocking I/O in a roundabout way. 150 separate procs (quick and dirty) per instance. no threads. I let the OS manage the I/O i

the solution I used leveraged non-blocking I/O in a roundabout way. 150 separate procs (quick and dirty) per instance. no threads. I let the OS manage the I/O in that regard. My thinking was that if I had "a lot" of procs trying I/O... I'd get the same effect. again... quick/dirty.