Infinispan is a

distributed Distribution may refer to: Mathematics *Distribution (mathematics), generalized functions used to formulate solutions of partial differential equations *Probability distribution, the probability of a particular value or value range of a varia ...

cache Cache, caching, or caché may refer to: Science and technology * Cache (computing), a technique used in computer storage for easier data access * Cache (biology) or hoarding, a food storing behavior of animals * Cache (archaeology), artifacts p ...

and key–value

NoSQL NoSQL (originally meaning "Not only SQL" or "non-relational") refers to a type of database design that stores and retrieves data differently from the traditional table-based structure of relational databases. Unlike relational databases, which ...

in-memory database developed by

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applications can embed it as

library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...

, use it as a service in

WildFly WildFly, formerly known as JBoss AS, or simply JBoss, is an application server written by JBoss, now developed by Red Hat. WildFly is written in Java and implements the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) specification. It runs on multi ...

or any non-java applications can use it, as remote service through

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History

Infinispan is the successor of JBoss Cache. The project was announced in 2009.

Features

* Transactions *

MapReduce MapReduce is a programming model and an associated implementation for processing and generating big data sets with a parallel and distributed algorithm on a cluster. A MapReduce program is composed of a ''map'' procedure, which performs filte ...

* Support for LRU and LIRS eviction algorithms * Through pluggable architecture, infinispan is able to persist data to filesystem,

relational databases A relational database (RDB) is a database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970. A Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is a type of database management system that stores data in a structured form ...

with

JDBC Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application programming interface (API) for the Java (programming language), Java programming language which defines how a client may access a database. It is a Java-based data access technology used for Java ...

LevelDB LevelDB is an open-source on-disk key-value store written by Google fellows Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat. Inspired by Bigtable, LevelDB source code is hosted on GitHub under the New BSD License and has been ported to a variety of Unix-base ...

, NoSQL databases like

MongoDB MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database product, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional database schema, schemas. Released in February 2009 by 10gen (now MongoDB ...

Apache Cassandra Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source software, free and open-source database management system designed to handle large volumes of data across multiple Commodity computing, commodity servers. The system prioritizes availability and scalab ...

HBase HBase is an open-source non-relational distributed database modeled after Google's Bigtable and written in Java. It is developed as part of Apache Software Foundation's Apache Hadoop project and runs on top of HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File Sy ...

and others.

Usage

Typical use-cases for Infinispan include: *

Distributed cache In computing, a distributed cache is an extension of the traditional concept of cache used in a single locale. A distributed cache may span multiple servers so that it can grow in size and in transactional capacity. It is mainly used to store ap ...

, often in front of a

database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and a ...

* Storage for temporal data, like web sessions * In-memory

data processing Data processing is the collection and manipulation of digital data to produce meaningful information. Data processing is a form of ''information processing'', which is the modification (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an o ...

and

analytics Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data, which also falls under and directly relates to the umbrella term, data sc ...

* Cross-

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communication and shared storage * MapReduce Implementation in the In-Memory Data Grid. * Embedding storing (Vector Search) Infinispan is also used in academia and research as a framework for distributed execution and storage. * Cloud2Sim leverages Infinispan for its distributed execution of MapReduce workflows and simulations. * MEDIator data sharing synchronization platform for medical image archives leverages Infinispan as its distributed in-memory storage, as well as distributed execution framework. * Cassowary uses Infinispan to store the context information in-memory, in order to provide the middleware platform for context-aware smart buildings.

Citations

References

* {{cite book , last=Adamski , first=T. , title=Hands-On Cloud Development with WildFly: Develop, deploy, and configure cloud-based, enterprise Java applications with WildFly Swarm and OpenShift , publisher=Packt Publishing , year=2018 , isbn=978-1-78728-380-0 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZlUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA266 , access-date=June 20, 2023 Cache (computing) Free memory management software Free software programmed in Java (programming language) Cross-platform free software Red Hat software

History

Features

Usage

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