There are many in-memory data grid (IMDG) products in the market with a wide variety of capabilities and functionality. One of the challenges that IMDG products have to deal with is the management of server RAM, i.e. memory management. As… Read More ›
IBM eXtreme Scale
WebSphere eXtreme Scale – a better choice than Infinispan
There are many commercial and open-source software offerings in the in-memory data grid (IMDG) market nowadays. An IMDG offers many benefits, some of which are: Consistent and predictable performance for business-critical applications Elastic scalability High availability of data Reduced load… Read More ›
WebSphere eXtreme Scale is better than OSS and Oracle
In-memory data grids (IMDG) have been around for over a decade now and there are commercial and Open-Source Software (OSS) versions of them. IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale (WXS) is IBM’s in-memory data grid (IMDG) product. Recently, I had a chance… Read More ›
Data grids and caching – IBM or Oracle?
Why cache? Not every performance problem can be fixed with caching, but assuming you have done your due diligence and your “slow” application is already tuned and well designed, adding caching can dramatically improve response times and reduce the load… Read More ›