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Quick Overview


Short Demo that demonstrates the Terracotta technology.

Introduction to Terracotta


An overview of what Terracotta is.
An overview of the Terracotta architecture and how it works.
An overview of how Terracotta scales.

Use cases for Terracotta


Using Terracotta for distributed caches.
Using Terracotta and Hibernate.
Using Terracotta to cluster HTTP sessions.
Using the Terracotta virtual heap to handle large datasets that don't fit into physical memory.
Using Terracotta to cluster existing open source frameworks.
Using Terracotta to implement a distributed master-worker architecture.
Use Terracotta to cluster plain-old Java objects.

Terracotta Case Studies


Eliminating Database Overload at an Online Testing Application in Publishing
Avoiding Network Overload at an Internet Portal in Online Media
Providing High Availability to an Online Gaming Site

Terracotta Articles and Whitepapers


This article provides a quick deep-dive into Terracotta including example code that shows Terracotta in action.
This paper highlights Terracotta DSO features and demonstrates how it can be used to easily cluster a any Java application.
This paper describes how Terracotta lets you scale out your application tier while relieving database load and avoiding costly database updates.
This paper measures scalability of the Terracotta Sessions products versus Tomcat's (simple TcpCluster) mechanism using the JPetstore application.
Terracotta HTTP Session Clustering vs. BEA WebLogic 8.1 HTTP Session Clustering
Terracotta used as a cache vs. JBoss Tree Cache with scalability comparisons

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