Socket.io: How many concurrent connections can WebSockets handle?

Question

I am wondering if you have any data on concurrent connections to websockets? I am using Socket.io on Node.js server. How many clients can connect to socket and receive data

Answer 1

http://blog.caustik.com/2012/08/19/node-js-w1m-concurrent-connections/

Check this blog. We use the same principle. Previously our nodejs server will crash after 100 concurrent connections due to hardware constraints. But after we move to Amazon EC2 it is now highly scalable.