Is there anything that is similar to PHP's APC (Alternative PHP Cache) for Node.js?
So every Node.js thread running on a server can access the cache. I know the architecture of Node.js may not easily or at all allow for an APC like cache.
I know we can of course run memcache on each server as well to create a server level cache but was curious of there was any alternative.
thanks
Node is trying to keep only the basic stuff in its API, so you won't find such a thing "baked in" (for example WebSockets isn't included in Node core, but in external modules).
You would need to create such a cache layer using something like Redis or Memcached.
P.S. You should better refer to Node processes instead of threads, since you don't have to handle threading stuff with Node.
I don't know if this module helps at all. I can't guarantee its' reliability and I never kept my promise to do a Windows API as I'm a bit of a linux snob (as in nothing Microsoft comes near my PC)
https://github.com/dazhazit/node-ipcbuffer
It implements a simple byte buffer between processes. You could probably build any mechanism you like on top of it.
