February: The Essence of Caching
We're lucky to have Greg Luck presenting an updated version of a talk he gave at Devoxx last year.
Greg has talked to a lot of people about Ehcache over the years. What people find most valuable, and what stays with them, is the underlying caching theory - you can see the light bulb go on.
In this talk we will start with a performance problem and lead you through solving it with caching, discovering a long the way the problems of distributed caching and their solution. This will equip you with the tools to analyse a performance situation and to see whether a cache will help and what type of cache to apply.
Topics include:
- The nature of system load
- Desirable Properties of Scalable Systems
- Caching as a solution for off-load, scale out and performance
- Why caching works
- Tiered Cache Design
- SOR Coherency Problem and Solutions
- N * Problem and Solution
- Cache Cluster topologies
- Cache Coherency Problem and Solutions
- CAP and PACELC constraints
Speaker: Greg Luck
Greg founded Ehcache in 2003. He regularly speaks at conferences, writes and codes. He has also founded and maintains the JPam and Spnego open source projects, which are security focused. Prior to joining Terracotta in 2009, Greg was Chief Architect at Wotif.com where he provided technical leadership as the company went from a single product startup to a billion dollar public company with multiple product lines. Before that Greg was a consultant for ThoughtWorks with engagements in the US and Australia in the travel, health care, geospatial, banking and insurance industries. Before doing programming, Greg managed IT. He was CIO at Virgin Blue, Tempo Services, Stamford Hotels and Resorts and Australian Resorts. He is a Chartered Accountant, and spent 7 years with KPMG in small business and insolvency. Greg holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters in Information Technology.
When
Wednesday, February 16: 5:00 for 5:15 - 6:30pm
Where
This meeting is hosted by:
Rutherford House Lecture Theatre 3 (RHLT3)
School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington
Pipitea Campus
Corner of Bunny Street and Lambton Quay
Wellington
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about/maps/campus_pipitea.aspx
The Java User Group thanks our host!