Looks like a very useful document, which builds confidence in deploying BigFish. Thanks.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:35 AM, Nick Rosser <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, thanks, we'll make the change. > > Is this documentation generally useful? We struggled finding anything on > the details and nuances of the whole caching scheme. And it's critical for > scalable implementations. > > > Best Regards, > > Nick Rosser > [email protected] > O: 516.742.7888 x221 > C: 516.901.1720 > > > On 12/19/2012 12:34 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >> I read >> >> <<Other caches: >> a.. FTL >> b.. Groovy >> c.. XML files>> >> >> There are also : >> properties >> security (minor) >> workflow (deprecated, I will move this to Attic) >> product.content >> minilang >> bsh (deprecated) >> service (model) >> BsfEvents (deprecated) >> JasperReports (deprecated OOTB) >> controller >> widgets >> datafile >> >> See cache.properties >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "Nick Rosser"<[email protected]> >> >>> Adrian, >>> >>> Thanks for the clarification ... point taken ... we'll update the doc >>> with your comment. >>> >>> Would you agree that it has minimal usage when it comes to the database >>> caching aspect of OFBiz? >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Nick Rosser >>> [email protected] >>> O: 516.742.7888 x221 >>> C: 516.901.1720 >>> >>> >>> On 12/18/2012 2:58 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: >>> >>>> "Use File Store? True indicates that the cache can grow beyond the >>>> memory limit and will push additional elements to disk. This has >>>> limited usefulness since the processing required to integrate with the >>>> file system is roughly equivalent to retrieving from a database. We >>>> recommend that this is set to false unless there is specific knowledge >>>> or requirements to use a File Store." >>>> >>>> That statement is overly simplistic. It assumes caches are used solely >>>> for storing database data - when they are also used to store OFBiz >>>> internal structures. Caching to disk can reduce the time required to >>>> retrieve/parse many things that are not stored in the database. >>>> >>>> -Adrian >>>> >>>> On 12/18/2012 3:39 PM, Nick Rosser wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is a guide that we put together as we were coming to terms with >>>>> the OFBiz caching and memory scheme. Existing documentation, as far >>>>> as we could tell, was just about non-existent. Since the caching >>>>> scheme is so important from a performance and memory usage point of >>>>> view we decided to document our findings. >>>>> >>>>> For anyone's review -- we'd be interested in any feedback: >>>>> >>>>> http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/**help/guideCachingAndMemory.htm<http://bigfish.salmonllc.com/help/guideCachingAndMemory.htm> >>>>> >>>>>
