Ben, thanks for the reply. I have a doubt that its just a hint, because how come it is exactly 40960 bytes every time. The underlying filesystem is a custom coded one, which WILL return the exact number of bytes that were asked for. Line 38 for /lib/fs.js says:
var kPoolSize = 40 * 1024; Do you think changing it to 128 * 1024 will change anything? - Gill On Thursday, 2 August 2012 16:29:43 UTC-7, Ben Noordhuis 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
