Come see Greg Luck, founder of Ehcache and Taylor Gautier, Principal Client Architect for Grid Dynamics present scaling from 1 node to 1000 w/ the absolute minimum changes.

Scaling from 1 node to 1000 is traditionally a complex proposition. 1 node requires a bit of performance tuning but not much else. Getting to 2 nodes requires introduction of new technologies such as clustered caches, messaging frameworks, and transactions in order to keep data correct across the cluster. From there, lots of tuning work has to be done to get from 2 nodes to medium-sized 20 node clusters. And, 200 or more nodes usually requires partitioning / sharding and lots of custom tuning and logic; perhaps even a NoSQL solution. In this talk, we will spend time on how to use Ehcache, Hibernate, Quartz, Tomcat (or other containers) in conjunction with Terracotta to get to hundreds of nodes without all the separate stages of architecture and design such as messaging, partitioning, NoSQL, and more--this recipe for scaling from 1 node to 1000 provides a seamless continuum within which your applications can operate and scale. This scalability continuum has implications on EC2 and EC2 has implications on the continuum. In this talk, we will also cover the ramifications of cloud on large-scale data management and we will apply the scalability continuum to our cloud-based applications to lessen our dependence on the database and, thus, take full advantage of the cloud's elasticity.

In this talk, you will learn about:
1. Ehcache + Terracotta as a scalability solution that alleviates your need for complex database infrastruction
2. Database offload best practices from Terracotta customers
3. Terracotta's cloud-capable runtime and how to actually deploy to hundreds of nodes in hours
4. EC2 and VMWare best practices for scaling with Terracotta's frameworks

We will be providing free pizza and drinks. Register today to reserve your spot!