Systems and methods for using metrics to control throttling and swapping in a message processing system

A method for managing a workload of a message processing system, comprising:

• determining the workload of the message processing system;
• polling for a new message at a frequency, wherein the frequency is inversely proportional to the workload and, if the workload is above a predetermined limit, polling only for a new non-activation message;
• identifying a blocked instance being processed by the message processing system and, if the blocked instance has no executable segments:
• calculating an expected idle time for the blocked instance based on performance data relating to the message processing system by:
• accessing performance data for the message processing system;
• determining a length of time the blocked instance has been idle;
• and
• generating the expected idle time based on the performance data and length of time the blocked instance has been idle;
• determining whether the expected idle time exceeds a predetermined threshold and, if so,
• dehydrating the blocked instance;
• updating the workload according to the dehydration;
• and
• updating the performance data according to the polling of the new message.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions for performing a method for improving the efficiency of a message processing system, the method comprising:

• determining a workload of a message processing system by accessing performance data regarding the message processing system, and determining, using the performance data, the workload with respect to a system operating parameter;
• polling for a new message at a frequency according to the workload status, wherein the frequency is inversely proportional to the workload and, if the workload is above a predetermined limit, polling only for a new non-activation message;
• identifying a blocked instance being processed by the message processing system;
• calculating an expected idle time for the blocked instance by:
• accessing performance data for the message processing system;
• determining a length of time the blocked instance has been idle;
• and
• generating the expected idle time based on the performance data and length of time the blocked instance has been idle;
• dehydrating the blocked instance if the expected idle time exceeds a predetermined threshold;
• updating the workload according to the dehydration of the instance;
• and
• updating the threshold according to the workload.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for managing a workload of a message processing system, the method comprising:

• determining the workload of the message processing system;
• polling for a new message at a frequency, wherein the frequency is inversely proportional to the workload and, if the workload is above a predetermined limit, polling only for a new non-activation message;
• identifying a blocked instance being processed by the message processing system and, if the blocked instance has no executable segments:
• calculating an expected idle time for the blocked instance based on performance data relating to the message processing system by:
• accessing performance data for the message processing system;
• determining a length of time the blocked instance has been idle;
• and
• generating the expected idle time based on the performance data and length of time the blocked instance has been idle;
• determining whether the expected idle time exceeds a predetermined threshold and, if so,
• dehydrating the blocked instance;
• updating the workload according to the dehydration;
• and
• updating the performance data according to the polling of the new message.