Will Node.js get blocked when processing large file uploads?

Question

Will Node.js get blocked when processing large file uploads?

Since Node.js only has one thread, is that true that when doing large file uploads all other requests wi

Answer 1

That is the exact reason node.js being asynchronous.

Most (all?) functions in node.js involving Input/Output operations (where bottleneck is some other device than CPU or RAM) the operation happens on a sepparate thread, letting your node.js server do some other code while waiting.