Node.js slower than Apache

Question

I am comparing performance of Node.js (0.5.1-pre) vs Apache (2.2.17) for a very simple scenario - serving a text file.

Here\'s the code I use for node server:

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Answer 1

The result of your benchmark can change in favor of node.js if you increase the concurrency and use cache in node.js

A sample code from the book "Node Cookbook":

var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var fs = require('fs');
var mimeTypes = {
    '.js' : 'text/javascript',
    '.html': 'text/html',
    '.css' : 'text/css'
} ;
var cache = {};
function cacheAndDeliver(f, cb) {
    if (!cache[f]) {
        fs.readFile(f, function(err, data) {
            if (!err) {
                cache[f] = {content: data} ;
            }
            cb(err, data);
        });
        return;
    }
    console.log('loading ' + f + ' from cache');
    cb(null, cache[f].content);
}
http.createServer(function (request, response) {
    var lookup = path.basename(decodeURI(request.url)) || 'index.html';
    var f = 'content/'+lookup;
    fs.exists(f, function (exists) {
        if (exists) {
            fs.readFile(f, function(err,data) {
                if (err) { response.writeHead(500);
                    response.end('Server Error!'); return; }
                    var headers = {'Content-type': mimeTypes[path.extname(lookup)]};
                    response.writeHead(200, headers);
                    response.end(data);
                });
            return;
        }
response.writeHead(404); //no such file found!
response.end('Page Not Found!');
});