Database or Datagrid?
Abstract
Thu 14:30 - 15:15 Uhr | 2011
RDBMS have been the data-tier solution of choice for decades. And for a good reason: they are proven, mature and their role is well understood. This talk presents the most common use cases in which a datagrid systems such as Infinispan are a better fit than a database, and the other way around. The audience will take home a an better understanding of the problem space datagrids were proved to solve, and also the strengths and weaknesses they have compared with the traditional RDMS.

Mircea Markus
Mircea Markus has joined JBoss’s clustering team in 2007 as a core engineer. He has been working on various clustering components, such as JBossCache, PojoCache or JGoups. He is one of the founders of Infinispan project on on which he has been concentrating his efforts for the last three years. He has also the founder of project Radargun – a benchmarking framework data grids.