Hi, Node (libeio) has only 4 [1] background threads (per process) for file I/O, but Vert.x has 20 [2] (per instance).
[1] https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/v0.6.17/deps/uv/src/unix/eio/eio.c#L389 [2] https://github.com/purplefox/vert.x/blob/v1.0.0.final/src/main/java/org/vertx/java/core/impl/DefaultVertx.java#L66 On Wed, 9 May 2012 21:56:26 -0400, Matt <hel...@gmail.com> wrote: > No. > > Though I imagine Isaacs is wondering where the file read performance > difference is. My gut feeling is that Java maybe uses mmap under the hood, > or some other performance trick. It would be much more obvious if there > were strace output. There's also other probable wins, like using a newer V8 > that optimises non-VM functions (see recent thread about threads-a-gogo > being faster even with just one thread). > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Node42 <liu.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > <a href=" > > http://vertxproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/vert-x-vs-node-js-simple-http-benchmarks/">Benchmark > > </a> > > > > <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3948727">Hacker News > > Discussion</a> > > > > <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3927891">Hacker News > > Discussion 2</a> > > > > <a href="http://vertx.io/">Vert.x</a> > > > > <a href="http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/05/vertx">InforQ article</a> > > > > <a href=" > > http://fbflex.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/running-vert-x-applications-on-heroku/">Running > > Vert.x Applications on Heroku</a> > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en