Embodiments of the invention disclose a data processing method and device. The data processing method comprises the following steps of determining a data type of first business data by an acquirer manager, wherein the first business data is acquired by an acquirer through a preset port; determining a resource quantity of various resources required by the acquirer for processing the first business data according to the data type, wherein the resources comprise CPU resources, internal memory resources or input/output IO port resources; and distributing resources for the acquirer by the acquirer manager according to the resource quantity required by the acquirer. By adoption of the embodiments of the invention, the data processing efficiency of the acquirer can be effectively improved.