Visualizing JBoss Cache
by Karsten Wade
When demonstrating the value of JBoss Cache, Manik Surtani deals with a common challenge — how to demonstrate what JBoss Cache does when it’s features don’t include a flashy GUI. Manik’s idea was to build a GUI demo that shows what JBoss Cache is doing under the covers. For example, one way to see functionality is to start multiple instances of the demo, watching them form a cluster and share data.
This reminds me of demonstrating other under-the-covers system services, such as virtualization or LVM and RAID. Even when it is lines of text flipping by, it is impressive to see services create, be destroyed, and recover gracefully.
This Friday I’m planning on attending Manik’s talk at JBoss World. It’s important to bring attention to projects that might not provide as much flash and bang as other tools, but are essential ingredients to a successful development and deployment. With that in mind, I’ve got Manik’s talk on my agenda of audio presentations I’m capturing, and we’ll discover just how flashy JBoss Cache is.