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The best large-scale buffet option I've seen is how they do it at AWS re:Invent (at least last time I was there a few years ago). They have a large number of id
by zippergz 7y ago
The best large-scale buffet option I've seen is how they do it at AWS re:Invent (at least last time I was there a few years ago). They have a large number of identical buffet stations, with catering employees directing attendees on which line to join. As soon as one buffet line is full (maximum length is still pretty short), they start directing new arrivals to the next line, and so on. It's not perfect, but it's quite an impressive operation and I have never had a significant wait for food there (though sometimes it's a bit of a walk because the dining hall is MASSIVE and you might end up getting sent to a buffet line at the far end).
- musicale 7y agoSingle queue, multiple server seems to work well in theory and in practice. I'm often disappointed at computing or networking conferences or meetings of some sort where the buffet is strictly serialized with head-of-line blocking, resulting in massive, slow queues that waste most of the lunch break time.