title: Using node.js in a fleet management application
body: <p>I have a gps fleet management application that I think would greatly benefit from using node.js. I just started to look into node.js and still think I have much to learn, but would appreciate your advice and direction. </p>
  
  <p>To give you and idea of our current setup:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>A java app receives, compiles, and parses gps records into mySql db.
    The users than, though our application, query the database every 6 sec for the last record for a particular gps unit. During the day there are about 9 million records that are inserted into the database. </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So would I would like to do is to use and include node.js within our java app and utilize it to send gps data to the client browser without it being queried into the database. In other words, i was thinking to do a small function that checks gps id (about 5000 ids in total) and compare to client id (200 in total) and based on that send that to the required node.js channel. </p>
  
  <p>Providing that I do not have much experience with node.js, I would greatly appreciate it if you can tell me if my logic is sound and that node.js is the right way to go?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>