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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.

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Infinispan
DeveloperRed Hat
Stable release
15.1 / November 1, 2024 (2024-11-01)
Written inJava
PlatformPlatform independent
TypeData grid
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websiteinfinispan.org

Infinispan is a distributed cache1 and key–value NoSQL in-memory database developed by Red Hat. Java applications can embed it as library, use it as a service in WildFly21 or any non-java applications3 can use it, as remote service through TCP/IP.4

History

Infinispan is the successor of JBoss Cache.1 The project was announced in 2009.

Features

Usage

Typical use-cases for Infinispan include:

Infinispan is also used in academia and research as a framework for distributed execution and storage.

  • Cloud2Sim6 leverages Infinispan for its distributed execution of MapReduce workflows and simulations.
  • MEDIator data sharing synchronization platform for medical image archives7 leverages Infinispan as its distributed in-memory storage, as well as distributed execution framework.
  • Cassowary8 uses Infinispan to store the context information in-memory, in order to provide the middleware platform for context-aware smart buildings.
See also

See also

Citations

Citations

  1. Adamski 2018, pp. 383–384, Chapter §15 Sharing the Web Sessions - Infinispan.
  2. Francesco Marchioni and Manik Surtani (2012). Infinispan Data Grid Platform. ISBN 9781849518222.
  3. Manik Surtani. "Infinispan: the Start of a New Era in Open Source Data Grids".
  4. Manik Surtani. "Infinispan".
  5. "Infinispan User Guide". Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  6. Kathiravelu, Pradeeban; Veiga, Luís (8 December 2014). An Adaptive Distributed Simulator for Cloud and MapReduce Algorithms and Architectures. IEEE/ACM 7th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), 2014. London. pp. 79–88. doi:10.1109/UCC.2014.16.
  7. Kathiravelu, Pradeeban; Sharma, Ashish (10 August 2015). MEDIator: A Data Sharing Synchronization Platform for Heterogeneous Medical Image Archives. Workshop on Connected Health at Big Data Era (BigCHat'15), co-located with 21 st ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2015). Sydney. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. Kathiravelu, Pradeeban; Sharifi, Leila; Veiga, Luís (8 December 2015). Cassowary: Middleware Platform for Context-Aware Smart Buildings with Software-Defined Sensor Networks (PDF). Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Middleware for Context-Aware Applications in the IoT. Vancouver. pp. 1–6. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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