This explains how flickr leverages message queues to gain scalability: http://highscalability.com/strategy-flickr-do-essential-work-front-and-queue-rest http:/

This explains how flickr leverages message queues to gain scalability: http://highscalability.com/strategy-flickr-do-essential-work-front-and-queue-rest http://highscalability.com/strategy-flickr-do-essential-work...