Questions tagged [terracotta]

Terracotta is an open source JVM-level clustering software for Java developed by Terracotta, Inc.

Terracotta is an open source solution for enterprise Java clustering. Terracotta supports standard HTTP session clustering in Apache Tomcat and Oracle WebLogic, as well as open source projects such as Struts, Spring, and Hibernate.

Home Page: http://terracotta.org/

Downloads: http://terracotta.org/downloads

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Distributed Concurrency Control

I've been working on this for a few days now, and I've found several solutions but none of them incredibly simple or lightweight. The problem is basically this: We have a cluster of 10 machines, each of which is running the same software on a…
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Why is EhCacheProvider deprecated?

I am configuring my hibernate project to use a 2nd-level cache provider, so that I can take advantage of query caching. I added a dependency to ehcache: net.sf.ehcache ehcache-core
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What is Terracotta?

What is Terracotta? What services does it offer? What problems does it solve? What other products solve problems similar to those that Terracotta solves?
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Do we need terracotta on top of ehcache for clustering?

I am doing to a proof of concept using ehcache as the cache provider. Read somewhere saying we need terracotta server running, ALONG WITH ehcache to provide clustering. Does ehcache alone provide clustering service or we need terracotta…
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Write-Behind Cache for JPA

It would appear from searching around here and the web at large that it is not possible to implement EHCache as a write-behind cache for Hibernate, as that would require substantial changes to the Hibernate code. Are there any other solutions…
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JGroups, Terracotta & Hazelcast

Trying to wrap my head around these 3 projects and they all seem to handle slightly different problems that arise when trying to cluster. But all the documentation for them is sort of written for developers that are already "in the know", and are…
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On using Terracotta as a persistence solution

Would it be a good idea to use Terracotta as a persistence solution (replacing a database)? I'm specifically wondering about data integrity issues and support for transactional systems.
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Distributed Caching

I am looking for a java distributed caching solution. We would like features likes: Distributed Auto-Discovery Redundancy Non-Centralized We've analyzed a framework like TerraCotta which seems to be everything we would ever want from a caching…
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EHCache with Terracotta Vs Infinispan

We are working in the design phase of new project where we need to decide the caching framework. We need decide whether to go with EHCache with Terracotta or Infinispan for caching requirement? Can anyone provide me the advantages & disadvantages of…
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What would you recommend for a large-scale Java data grid technology: Terracotta, GigaSpaces, Coherence, etc?

I've been reading up on so-called "data grid" solutions for the Java platform including Terracotta, GigaSpaces and Coherence. I was wondering if anyone has real-world experience working any of these tools and could share their experience. I'm also…
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How does Terracotta work in this situation?

So lets say I have an N sized server array set up like so: alt text http://www.terracotta.org/web/download/attachments/43909161/ServerArrayMirrorGroup.png I have a simple JavaBean/POJO: package example; public class Person { private OtherObject…
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Terracotta Performance and Tips

I am just learning how to use Terracotta after discovering it about a month ago. It is a very cool technology. Basically what I am trying to do: My root (System of Record) is a ConcurrentHashMap. The main Instrumented Class is a "JavaBean" with 30…
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Any experience using Terracotta open source?

Does anybody have experience using the open source offering from Terracotta as opposed to their enterprise offering? Specifically, I'm interested if it is worth the effort to use terracotta without the enterprise tools to manage your…
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Is Terracotta a distributed cache?

Is Terracotta a distributed cache?
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Does Terracotta make JMS an unneeded layer?

We're currently writing an application for which IT has already purchased hardware for. Their approach was to buy big hardware on which we would deploy. In order to add more processing, they plan on adding additional servers with identical software.…
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