You may want to check out "block-stream" if you require buffers in specific chunk sizes: https://npmjs.org/package/block-stream
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Gill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a code where the NodeJS server reads a file and streams it to > > response, it looks like: > > > > var fStream = fs.createReadStream(filePath, {'bufferSize': 128 * 1024}); > > fStream.pipe(response); > > > > The issue is, Node reads the file exactly 40960 bytes a time. However, my > > app would be much more efficient (due to reasons not applicable to this > > question), if it reads 131072 (128 * 1024) bytes at a time. > > > > Is there a way to force Node to read 128 * 1024 bytes at a time from the > > stream? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > No. bufferSize is a hint, not an imperative. It's up to the operating > system to honor it. > > -- > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
