US Patent 11102139 Shared queue management utilizing shuffle sharding

Techniques for performing shared queue management utilizing shuffle sharding are described. For an event, one shared queue can be selected by first identifying a shard of a pool of queues, selecting two or more queues from the shard, and selecting the one queue that has a minimum queue load from those queues in the selected two or more queues. The selection significantly reduces or eliminates negative impacts upon a user or user function from activity of other users that utilize the shared queues.