Hazelcast
In computing, Hazelcast is an in-memory open source software data grid based on Java. By having multiple nodes form a cluster, data is evenly distributed among the nodes. This allows for horizontal scaling both in terms of available storage space and processing power. Backups are also distributed in a similar fashion to other nodes, based on configuration, thereby protecting against single node failure.
Typical use-cases for Hazelcast include:
- caching frequently accessed data in-memory, often in front of a database
- storing temporal data like web sessions
- in-memory data processing and analytics
- as a memcached alternative with a protocol compatible interface[1]
- Cross-Java virtual machine JVM communication and shared storage
Hazelcast is often used as an underlying library or system onto which other higher level features are built, with examples including:
In 2012 Gartner selected the company named Hazelcast as a "Cool Vendor",[4] and in 2013 received VC funding from Bain Capital.[5] In January 2014 Greg Luck (original developer of Ehcache) joined Hazelcast as CTO, having been at Software AG's Terracotta, Inc.[6]
In September 2014, Hazelcast raised a Series B round of venture capital financing, led by Earlybird Venture Capital.[7]
See also
- Computer cluster
- Complex event processing
- Distributed computing
- Distributed cache
- Distributed hash table
- Distributed transaction processing
- Extreme Transaction Processing
- Grid computing
- Oracle Coherence
- Transaction processing
References
- ↑ Hazelcast. "Memcache Client". Retrieved 2013-12-24.
- ↑ Jaehong Kim. "Understanding Vert.x Architecture - Part II". CUBRID. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ↑ Christoph Engelbert (2013-12-04). "Hazelcast MapReduce Avg Example". Retrieved 2013-12-24.
- ↑ hazelcast (2012-05-04). "Gartner Selected Hazelcast as a "Cool Vendor" | Hazelcast Blog". Blog.hazelcast.com. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
- ↑ "Java In-Memory Grid Hazelcast gets venture capital funding from Bain Capital". Infoq.com. 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
- ↑ "Greg Luck announced as new Hazelcast CTO". jaxenter. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ "Hazelcast adds $11M to grow its business based on an open-source in-memory data grid".