Infinispan
Infinispan is a distributed cache and key–value NoSQL in-memory database developed by Red Hat. Java applications can embed it as library, use it as a service in WildFly or any non-java applications can use it, as remote service through TCP/IP.
History
Infinispan is the successor of JBoss Cache. The project was announced in 2009.Features
- Transactions
- MapReduce
- Support for LRU and LIRS eviction algorithms
- Through pluggable architecture, infinispan is able to persist data to filesystem, Relational [database management system|relational databases] with JDBC, LevelDB, NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Apache Cassandra or HBase and others.
Usage
Typical use-cases for Infinispan include:- Distributed cache, often in front of a database
- Storage for temporal data, like web sessions
- In-memory data processing and analytics
- Cross-JVM communication and shared storage
- MapReduce Implementation in the In-Memory Data Grid.
- Embedding storing
- 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.