[JBoss Data Grid] When Database is very expensive.

Dear *,

Picture 1:

Imagine you have developed a successful web application built on traditional architecture which is visited by a consequent amount of users.

However, you are victim of you success, and more and more users are connected to you site.

Now, you are confronted to the overload of your application and your users tend to be unhappy due to the bad response time of your application.

Picture 2 :

So, in  order to fix this you decided to change your application a little bit and then add some cache to it.

During a certain period of time, that clever trick worked. But, you still had the same problem.

Picture 3 :

Well, you had then the idea to increase the number of Application Servers to resolve that problem.

Nonetheless, with that decision you had to complexity your application.  Nevermind, you had to increase the performance otherwise you were going to lose your customers.

Picture 4:

But the problem still remained and you are now convinced the bottleneck is related to you old heavy database.

So you have no other choice than buy another database licence and its annual maintenance fees.

The MAJOR problem here is that is very very expensive.

Picture 5 :

Anyway, you decide adding more databases is not your only option.
You finally decide to implement a data grid in your environment in order to fix that problem without exploding your allocated budget.

If you are interesting by the subject  then I am going to do a presentation/introduction about “JBoss Data Grid” in Belgium in April 2012.
If your company or you are based in BeNeLux and are interested by this presentation, just let me know and I will try to arrange a meeting for you.

N.B.: JBoss Data Grid 6 beta provides:

• A schema-less key value store: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 beta is a NoSQL data store that provides flexibility to store any type of data.
• Compatibility with many types of applications: JBoss Data Grid 6 beta works with applications written in Java, C#, Spring, and others; deployed in an application server or standalone.
• Reliable grid-based data storage: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 beta is designed to easily distribute data across multiple nodes. Data can be replicated in memory, written to disk, or stored in a relational database for fault-tolerance.
• Elastic scaling: JBoss Data Grid 6 beta allows simple addition and removal of storage nodes without disruption.
• Multiple access protocols: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 beta provides easy access to the data grid using REST, memcached, Hot Rod, or simple map-like API.

Ref  : http://www.redhat.com/promo/dg6beta/

BR

Frederic

[ JBoss EAP 6 ] Presentation in April 2012 – Luxembourg

Dear all,

I am going to do a presentation about “JBoss EAP 6” in Luxembourg in April 2012.
If your company or you are based in BeNeLux and are interested by this presentation, just let me know and I will try to arrange a meeting for you.

Ref  : http://www.redhat.com/promo/eap6beta/

BR

Frederic

[Aeolus] Presentation @ FOSDEM’12 – Saturday February 4th, 2012 – 14:00-14:25 – Brussels

Dear all,

Well, it seems for me this year is a FOSDEM  millesime.

Apparently, there is an interesting talk about Aeolus.

Francesco Vollero will be presenting in Virtualization and Cloud Devroom on  Saturday 2012-02-04

14:00-14:25 the Aeolus Project (room : Chavane)

Here is the abstract :

Aeolus Project is a Red Hat sponsored project released under Apache License. It’s purpose is to help people to have their own solution to manage and create cloud system hybrid and then run their instances on their own in-house infrastructure (VMware vSphere, RHEV, IBM’s Smart Business Cloud, Eucalyptus) and also copy/run/manage their instances in multiple public cloud places (Amazon EC2, Rackspace, GOGrid,etc)

Aeolus does all of the image conversion/transfer/etc automatically, handling everything properly. Aeolus is a single, consistent set of tools to build and manage organized groups of virtual machines across clouds.

Ref : http://aeolusproject.org/

BR

Frederic

[BoxGrinder] Presentation @ FOSDEM’12 – Saturday February 4th, 2012 – Brussels

Dear all,

BoxGrindier is going to be present @ FOSDEM’12.

Marek Goldmann will be presenting in the JBoss.org dev room on Saturday:

11:00 – 11:55 BoxGrinder : Grind your appliances easily

Here is the abstract :

BoxGrinder is a set of tools that help you grind out appliances: preconfigured disk images with the operating system and requisite software ready to run on a selected virtualization platform. With a simple text definition file and a single command BoxGrinder will build a lean appliance from scratch, convert it to a target format, and deliver it to your chosen infrastructure.

Virtualization has become almost ubiquitous in modern scalable infrastructures, with traditional dedicated hardware setups being replaced by multi-tenanted virtual environments. This change facilitates many of the beneficial properties of Cloud Computing, key amongst which is the ability to create small, function-specific appliances that enables system components to scale independently.

BoxGrinder addresses the key problem of specifying and building such appliances. It manages complexities such as software installation, dependency resolution and remote service interactions on your behalf. Existing methods can an arduously convoluted, with poor repeatability and performance characteristics; wasting time and resulting in slow and bloated appliances.  Such factors negate many of the motivating factors for embracing Cloud computing, and this is an obstacle that BoxGrinder is specifically designed to overcome. Coherent and simple to specify and run; yet fast to build and easily customized to any desired level of complexity.

In this session we will cover the basic concepts of BoxGrinder, with discussion of techniques and use-cases that illustrate how best to utilise BoxGrinder’s powerful feature-set. Finally, we will work through a live example, from text definition to a running virtual appliance.

Ref : http://boxgrinder.org/

BR

Frederic

[FOSDEM'12] Openshift + AS7 Demonstrations @ JBoss.org Booth

Dear all,

Yesterday and in addition of the allocated JBoss.org devroom,  I had the confirmation JBoss.org has get a booth @ FOSDEM’12.

So, I can confirm we are going to do several AS7 application deployment demonstrations over the cloud without having to worry about downloading and managing the stack, writing scripts or installing agents in using Openshift.

Ref : http://www.jboss.org/openshift

BR

Frederic

[SVirt] Presentions in Dec 2011. – Belgium

Dear *,

I am going to do the “SVirt” presentation in Brussels on the 16th of December 2011.
If your company or you are based in BeNeLux and are interested by this presentation, just let me know and I will try to arrange a Meeting for you.

BR
Frederic

Ref : http://libvirt.org

http://selinuxproject.org/page/SVirt

[FOSDEM'12] JBoss.org Schedule – DRAFT

Dear *,

As you probably know, JBoss.org has a Development Room @ FOSDEM’12.

Indeed, we plan to do several demos – well, if we have the booth confirmation tomorrow – e.g JBoss AS 7 + Openshift Express.

In mean time here is the already probable talks :

-> JBoss AS7 in the Cloud [ OpenShift ] – http://www.jboss.org/openshift

-> Drools Planner - http://www.jboss.org/drools/drools-planner.html

-> Infinispan – http://www.jboss.org/infinispan

-> RHQ – http://www.jboss.org/jopr

-> jBPM/designer and Guvnor. -http://www.jboss.org/jbpm &  http://www.jboss.org/guvnor

Rem: If one one hour slot remains then I would be interested to have a talk on Gatein, HornetQ, Arquillian, BoxGrinder. So If you want to sumbit your talk then feel free to contact me.

BR

Frederic

[OPENSHIFT] PAAS Presentions and Demos in Dec 2011 and Jan/Feb 2012. – BeNeLux

Dear *,

I am going to do some Presentations on OpenShift, during  December 2011 and January/February 2012 in BeNeLux

I also plan to do a demo of Jboss deployment with Openshift Flex  @ FOSDEM’12 – 4th and 5th of February 2012.
If you are interested, please let me know.

BR
Frederic

Ref : https://openshift.redhat.com

http://www.fosdem.org/2012/

[OSC] Free Enterprise Open Source Event – Passenger Terminal Amsterdam [NL], 9th December 2011

After 3 successful editions of the Open Source Conference, Accenture and Red Hat are now organizing the 4th edition of this annually recurring international event.

The objective of the conference is to give participants insight in the latest developments and practical applications of Open Source Software in building integrated business solutions.

The program will consist of independent keynotes as well as contributions that are based on real project and client experiences. This way, we demonstrate how using Open Source technology can leverage extensive business value -e.g : OpenShift, Pentaho BI, Postgres Plus, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Hadoop, Zarafa, GlusterFS , Alfrescon, etc…

Agenda :http://www.opensourceconference.nl/agenda-osc-2011

The Open Source Conference welcomes guests from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and other countries

To Register : http://www.opensourceconference.nl/registration

 

Ref: http://www.opensourceconference.nl

BR

Frederic

[Passport To The Essential] Cloud Talk for Executive in September | 15min – Belgium/Luxembourg -

Dear *,

I am going to do the “Passport To The Essential” presentation in Belgium and Luxembourg during September.

That presentation introduce the executive audience to the Cloud – Definition, Vision, Strategy, Advantage, etc… – in 15min or more if requested.

If your company or you are based in BeNeLux and are interested by this presentation, just let me know and I will try to arrange a Meeting for you.

BR
Frederic