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(continued from the sprites scalability experiments [250k] [100k]) Well, finally found a work around for the 1.4GB limit imposed on the V8 heap. This limitation was at first a “hard” limit, and after some tweaks it became a “soft” limit. Now, the combined tweaks listed below have removed the limit entirely! YESSSSSS!! The first two were already mentioned in my previous few blog articles, and the n

Okay, I figured it must be possible, so it had to be done.. The sprites server has smashed through the 250k barrier with 250,001 concurrent, active connections. In addition to the stuff talked about in my previous two blog entries, it took a few more optimizations. 1) Latest tagged revision of V8, which appears to perform a little better The 250k limit is right on the fringe of what this server ca

The sprites project leverages Node.js to implement it’s server logic. The server is surprisingly simple JavaScript code which accepts long-poll COMET HTTP connections from it’s C++ clients in order to push JSON format sprite information in real-time. Sprites can be thrown from one client’s desktop to another via HTTP. The server maintains a network topology (which is worth a separate post in itsel