I'm new to node and I am investigating using node for a non-web always-blocking cpu-intensive high-memory process. The process basically runs in an infinitely loop, loading a lot of data from a datastore into memory, applying complex (blocking) business logic, then saving the result back to the store, and starting over again. It doesn't respond to web-requests or process html or anything of that nature. It just needs to run this loop.
Is this an acceptable use-case for node, given that it breaks every rule-of-thumb ever written? Is node reasonably efficient at doing this (it doesn't have to be the best solution in the world, just good enough)? Are there pitfalls to consider with having an always blocked event loop? Are there any issues with using lots of ram on a server (30gb+) in a single node? Additionally, anyone know of any good write-ups of people who have tried this? Thanks for listening! Baz -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
