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fetchall_arrayref batches and forking
It looks like you want to process a large set of database chunks, in sets of 14.
This fits the "single queue, multiple server" model, and BrowserUk has a thread-based implementation that can help. Please see the discussion in dynamic number of threads based on CPU utilization. Look for his code for his "threads::Q implementation".
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