diff --git a/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/grizzly/GrizzlyUtils.java b/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/grizzly/GrizzlyUtils.java
index 7676e40..69172a7 100644
--- a/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/grizzly/GrizzlyUtils.java
+++ b/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/grizzly/GrizzlyUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009 - 2018 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton,
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 - 2023 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton,
  * Member of the Helmholtz Association, (DESY), HAMBURG, GERMANY
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
  */
 package org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly;
 
+import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.IoStrategy;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.MemoryAllocator;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.RpcMessageParserTCP;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.RpcMessageParserUDP;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.net.IpProtocolType;
-import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.IoStrategy;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.IOStrategy;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.Transport;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.Filter;
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.memory.PooledMemoryManager;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOTransport;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.UDPNIOTransport;
+import org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.LeaderFollowerNIOStrategy;
+import org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.SameThreadIOStrategy;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.ThreadPoolConfig;
 
-import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.IoStrategy.*;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.IoStrategy.WORKER_THREAD;
 
 /**
  * Class with utility methods for Grizzly
@@ -143,6 +145,24 @@ public static MemoryManager getMemoryManager(MemoryAllocator allocator) {
             default:
                 throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected memory allocator.");
         }
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Convert an oncrpc4j IoStrategy enum value into a grizzly NIOStrategy instance. Note that the only two that matter
+     * here are single-thread and leader-follower. Worker threads should not be used in the grizzly layer as they would
+     * just inject more context switching overhead to no benefit.
+     *
+     * @param ioStrategy the oncrpc4j IoStategy to map to an NIOStrategy instance.
+     * @return the matching NIOStrategy instance for the specified IoStrategy value.
+     */
+    public static IOStrategy getNIOStrategy(IoStrategy ioStrategy) {
+        switch (ioStrategy) {
+            case LEADER_FOLLOWER:
+                return LeaderFollowerNIOStrategy.getInstance();
+            case WORKER_THREAD:
+            case SAME_THREAD:
+            default:
+                return SameThreadIOStrategy.getInstance();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/rpc/OncRpcSvc.java b/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/rpc/OncRpcSvc.java
index c98129b..992bb4b 100644
--- a/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/rpc/OncRpcSvc.java
+++ b/oncrpc4j-core/src/main/java/org/dcache/oncrpc4j/rpc/OncRpcSvc.java
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@
  */
 package org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc;
 
+import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyRpcTransport;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.StartTlsFilter;
-import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.net.IpProtocolType;
-import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.net.InetSocketAddresses;
-import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.gss.GssProtocolFilter;
-import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.gss.GssSessionManager;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.portmap.GenericPortmapClient;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.portmap.OncPortmapClient;
 import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.portmap.OncRpcPortmap;
+import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.gss.GssProtocolFilter;
+import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.gss.GssSessionManager;
+import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.net.InetSocketAddresses;
+import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.rpc.net.IpProtocolType;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.CloseType;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.Connection;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.ConnectionProbe;
@@ -46,15 +47,17 @@
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.UDPNIOTransportBuilder;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.ssl.SSLEngineConfigurator;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.ssl.SSLFilter;
-import org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.SameThreadIOStrategy;
 import org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.ThreadPoolConfig;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -68,16 +71,13 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.getRootCause;
 import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.propagateIfPossible;
-import java.net.SocketAddress;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLParameters;
-import org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyRpcTransport;
-import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyUtils.getSelectorPoolCfg;
 import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyUtils.getMemoryManager;
+import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyUtils.getNIOStrategy;
+import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyUtils.getSelectorPoolCfg;
 import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyUtils.rpcMessageReceiverFor;
 import static org.dcache.oncrpc4j.grizzly.GrizzlyUtils.transportFor;
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class OncRpcSvc {
             final TCPNIOTransport tcpTransport = TCPNIOTransportBuilder
                     .newInstance()
                     .setReuseAddress(true)
-                    .setIOStrategy(SameThreadIOStrategy.getInstance())
+                    .setIOStrategy(getNIOStrategy(ioStrategy))
                     .setSelectorThreadPoolConfig(selectorPoolConfig)
                     .setSelectorRunnersCount(selectorPoolConfig.getMaxPoolSize())
                     .setMemoryManager(mm)
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class OncRpcSvc {
             final UDPNIOTransport udpTransport = UDPNIOTransportBuilder
                     .newInstance()
                     .setReuseAddress(true)
-                    .setIOStrategy(SameThreadIOStrategy.getInstance())
+                    .setIOStrategy(getNIOStrategy(ioStrategy))
                     .setSelectorThreadPoolConfig(selectorPoolConfig)
                     .setSelectorRunnersCount(selectorPoolConfig.getMaxPoolSize())
                     .setMemoryManager(mm)