The holds queue builder can take a very long time to run on systems with many holds. For example, a partner with 124,784 unfilled ( not found ) holds, is taking about 64 minutes to run. If we run that same number of holds in 5 parallel chunks ( splitting the number of records as evenly as possible, but *not* taking into account the holds per bib ), it takes 21.5 minutes. If we use 10 loops, it takes less then 14 minutes.
Test Plan:
1) Generate a huge number of holds ( a few thousand at the minimum )
2) Run the holds queue builder, use the `time` utility to track how much
time it took to run
3) Set HoldsQueueParallelLoopsCount to 10
4) Repeat step 2, note the improvement in speed
5) Experiment with other values for HoldsQueueParallelLoopsCount
6) prove t/db_dependent/HoldsQueue.t
Kyle M Hall
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