4.3. About Local Mode

Using JBoss Data Grid's local mode instead of a map provides a number of benefits.

Caches offer features that are unmatched by simple maps, such as:

JBoss Data Grid is built around a high performance, read-biased data container that uses techniques such as optimistic and pessimistic locking to manage lock acquisitions.

JBoss Data Grid also uses compare-and-swap and other lock-free algorithms, resulting in high throughput multi-CPU or multi-core environments. Additionally, JBoss Data Grid's Cache API extends the JDK's ConcurrentMap, resulting in a simple migration process from a map to JBoss Data Grid.