twolfson/multi-image-mergetool

Explore using cluster for multiple cores

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#5 opened on Dec 13, 2016

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Description

Comparing images is the slowest part of our application, we should explore using cluster to parallelize our process. Alternatively, image-diff would fire up separate processes which also works

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Research direction
Investigate how to use Node.js cluster module or child processes to parallelize image comparison tasks.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
performance
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Fresh
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Clear
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Node.jsJavaScript
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60