> If somebody has multicore computer and wants to utilize all cores, it'll be nice to launch multiple instances
That's pretty much the whole reason. On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Alex Kocharin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1) If somebody has multicore computer and wants to utilize all cores, > it'll be nice to launch multiple instances > 2) Node.js is almost a crash-only app, so when it finally crashes, it's > necessary to have another copies in place > 3) Node.js is not always asynchronous, so when someone decides to compute > fibonacci sequence, it will block > > It's not necessary for everybody, but scaling on a single machine is > something a lot of people do. > > > 24.12.2013, 07:47, "David Beck" <[email protected]>: > > May I please ask what to some will seem like a silly question, but I > don't get it: why is it necessary to scale horizontally on a single > machine? In theory, if you write asynchronous code, shouldn't one fast > thread be roughly equivalent to many slower theads, since the real work is > being done behind asynchronous callbacks anyway? Is it that the synchronous > part of the node application is stalling performance significantly under > heavy loads? > > > > Thank you for helping me understand! > > > > David > > > > -- > > -- > > 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 > > > > --- > > 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 [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- 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 --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
