title: What do I use when a cron job isn't enough? (php)
body: <p>I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to running a pretty hefty PHP task thousands of times a day.  It needs to make an IMAP connection to Gmail, loop over the emails, save this info to the database and save images locally.  </p>
  
  <p>Running this task every so often using a cron isn't that big of a deal, but I need to run it every minute and I know eventually the crons will start running on top of each other and cause memory issues.  </p>
  
  <p>What is the next step up when you need to efficiently run a task multiple times a minute?  I've been reading about beanstalk &amp; pheanstalk and I'm not entirely sure if that will do what I need. Thoughts???</p>