title: parse-server and long-polling
body: <p>I've got a client who has some custom hardware with fairly limited capabilities (power and connectivity speaking) and a home-built backend (IIS + SQL Server) solution. Once of the main ways this setup deals with asynchronous-type communication is through a variant of long-polling with reasonable timeouts.</p>
  
  <p>I'm investigating the possibility of switching their backend solution out with parse-server, and I'm curious if anybody has either experience or insight in using parse-server with long-polling requests. In particular, I'm curious if it's possible to achieve long-polling using Cloud Code (my guess is that it is possible) and whether it's a viable route with regard to resources and performance. </p>
  
  <p>I suspect it will be fine, looking at what others have written about Node JS' efficiency when holding open connections, but I'd love to hear from anybody with knowledge of the matter.</p>