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Posted by Scott Delap on May 23, 2007 11:03 AM
GridGain Systems has released version 1.0 of their open source Java grid computing platform. Features include:
- Clear focus on computational or processing grids
- Developed entirely on Java 5 foundation
- LGPL Open Source licensed
- Out-of-the-box integration with JBoss and Spring
- Unique annotation and AOP-based grid enabling technology
GridGain is a computational grid at this time and does not include data grid functionality. GridGain supports two main methods of grid enabling the Java application. A grid task can be created, packaged into a GAR file (much the same way as you package your WAR/JAR/EAR files) and deploying it into GridGain. Grid functionality can also be AOP-based using either AspectJ, SpringAOP or JBoss AOP frameworks to cross-cut existing code and inject gridifying logic. With AOP peer-to-peer hot (re)deployment is provided to distribute tasks.
GridGain not only provides grid related processing APIs but also pluggable service provider implementations for other common grid related services such as:
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Nikita et al - glad to see the release, after so much work (over the long we've been talking about it). Congratulations!
Peace,
Cameron Purdy
Tangosol Coherence: The Java Data Grid
Thanks Cameron,
It was longer than we anticipated and things changed. But the project now has a solid development community around globe. Hopefully, this project will strive and we’ll see new features and innovation in it.
Nikita.
Pardon my ignorance but how does GridGain compare with a JavaSpace implementation such as GigaSpaces? I have only very high level idea but doesn't JavaSpace also support this master-worker pattern, potentially distributed over multiple nodes?
.. doesn't JavaSpace also support this master-worker pattern ..?
JavaSpaces supports the master-worker pattern. If you are interested in integrating an open source JavaSpaces implementation into GridGain, then you should check out Blitz:
www.dancres.org/blitz/
Peace,
Cameron Purdy
Tangosol Coherence: The Java Data Grid
I think the main difference is GridGain's focus on processing or computational grids while GigaSpaces is focusing more on data grids (e.g. distributed caching). JavaSpaces is just an implementation detail that GigaSpaces chose to use (Coherence is data grid too but doesn't use JavaSpaces for its implementation).
I'm not sure master-worker is a good analogy. I often say that split-aggregate or broadcast-reduce (in MPI speak) is a better way to describe the idea behind processing grids.
Best,
Nikita.
I think the main difference is GridGain's focus on processing or computational grids while GigaSpaces is focusing more on data grids (e.g. distributed caching). JavaSpaces is just an implementation detail that GigaSpaces chose to use (Coherence is data grid too but doesn't use JavaSpaces for its implementation).
I'm not sure master-worker is a good analogy. I often say that split-aggregate or broadcast-reduce (in MPI speak) is a better way to describe the idea behind processing grids.
Best,
Nikita.
Is that like Map-Reduce? That could be interesting....
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