nodejs domain module hello world and benchmark

domain: Domains provide a way to handle multiple different IO operations as a single group.

Example: http hello world using domain

var domain = require("domain");
var http = require("http");

var domainMiddleware = function (req, res, next, errorHandle) {
  var d = domain.create();
  d.once("error", errorHandle);
  d.run(next);
};

var app = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  domainMiddleware(
    req,
    res,
    function () {
      // normal response
      if (req.url === "/error") {
        process.nextTick(function () {
          var a = null;
          a.foo();
        });
        return;
      }
      res.end("hello domain");
    },
    function (err) {
      // sending err response
      res.statusCode = 500;
      res.end(err.stack);
    },
  );
});

app.listen(1984);

Benchmark

Results: QPS reduced by 8%

hello world

var appNoDomain = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  if (req.url === "/error") {
    process.nextTick(function () {
      var a = null;
      a.foo();
    });
    return;
  }
  res.end("hello domain");
});
appNoDomain.listen(1985);

$ siege -c 100 -b -t 10s http://127.0.0.1:1985/

$ siege -c 100 -b -t 10s http://127.0.0.1:1985/
** SIEGE 2.72
** Preparing 100 concurrent users for battle.
The server is now under siege...
Lifting the server siege...      done.

Transactions:          73806 hits
Availability:         100.00 %
Elapsed time:           9.68 secs
Data transferred:         0.84 MB
Response time:            0.01 secs
Transaction rate:      7624.59 trans/sec
Throughput:           0.09 MB/sec
Concurrency:           99.69
Successful transactions:       73806
Failed transactions:             0
Longest transaction:          0.05
Shortest transaction:         0.00

hello world with domain

$ siege -c 100 -b -t 10s http://127.0.0.1:1984/

$ siege -c 100 -b -t 10s http://127.0.0.1:1984/
** SIEGE 2.72
** Preparing 100 concurrent users for battle.
The server is now under siege...
Lifting the server siege...      done.

Transactions:          70759 hits
Availability:         100.00 %
Elapsed time:          10.01 secs
Data transferred:         0.81 MB
Response time:            0.01 secs
Transaction rate:      7068.83 trans/sec
Throughput:           0.08 MB/sec
Concurrency:           98.86
Successful transactions:       70759
Failed transactions:             0
Longest transaction:          0.10
Shortest transaction:         0.00