Chapter 1. Introduction
This document clarifies some important information related to features and support for Red Hat JBoss Data Grid, such as:
- The two JBoss Data Grid Usage Modes
- Supported JBoss Data Grid features
- JBoss Data Grid features that are limited to a technology preview.
1.1. About Usage Modes
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid offers two usage modes:
- Remote Client-Server mode
- Library mode
Remote Client-Server mode, which provides a managed, distributed and clusterable data grid server. Applications can remotely access the data grid server using
Hot Rod, memcached or REST client APIs. Remote Client-Server mode is supported in JBoss Data Grid.
Library mode allows the user to build and deploy a custom runtime environment. The Library usage mode hosts a single data grid node in the applications process, with remote access to nodes hosted in other JVMs. Tested containers for JBoss Data Grid 6 Library mode includes JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0 and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6. Library mode is supported in JBoss Data Grid.
