[dba-Tech] Node.js and IIS

Cool. I wonder how it compares to Node.js running behind Nginx?

- Hans


On 2013-02-17, at 12:31 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi All:
> 
> Here is an interesting article on Node.js versus ASP.Net. It installs
> Node.js within an IIS framework, not it natural environment (a web server
> within a webserver) and then it compares the performance results. Microsoft
> has created an application call IISNode for just such a task. This is a test
> performed by a Microsoft developer.     
> 
> http://rarcher.azurewebsites.net/Post/PostContent/19
> 
> Microsoft is fully supporting Node.js or Node and will have/has libraries,
> powershells, JavaScript script for Node, an adapter like IISNode. IISNode
> automatically extends Node to all the CPUs (Node defaults to only one) on
> the server and Node give IIS multiple socket capabilities (IIS currently has
> only single socket capability... These implementations will all be OSS.
> 
> http://www.tikalk.com/iisnode
> 
> Being able to leverage Nodes multi-socket capability will give IIS a huge
> advantage. If applications and data sources are not within your immediate
> network, in order to retrieve information your IIS listening post would have
> to manage each source sequentially. If one source was not responding in a
> timely manner the entire process could choke.
> 
> Having multiple sockets will allow you to fill a page with data from a
> accounting database, a client list or even manage fail-over situations, all
> at the same time. Examples: if you are monitoring multiple feeds from stock
> tickers, remotely managing a number of pieces of hardware, just acquiring
> tweets from tweeter as well as a number of different (types of) databases.
> 
> Right now browsers using webkit HTML5, have multi-socket capabilities but
> this performance feature will be rendered useless if your host backend is
> vanilla IIS 7 or less. The good news is the next releases of IIS will be
> able to handle multiple sockets.
> 
> I will be installing a new IIS web server along with Node on it but due to
> prior commitments that process can not be attempted until later in March. As
> soon as the new server is up and running I will post any issues and methods.
> 
> Jim 
> 
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