Coherence usage scenarios
There are many possible uses for Coherence, some more conventional than the others.
It is commonly used as a mechanism to off-load expensive, difficult-to-scale backend systems, such as databases and mainframes. By fronting these systems with Coherence, you can significantly improve performance and reduce the cost of data access.
Another common usage scenario is eXtreme Transaction Processing (XTP). Because of the way Coherence partitions data across the cluster, you can easily achieve throughput of several thousand transactions per second. What's even better is that you can scale the system to support an increasing load by simply adding new nodes to the cluster.
As it stores all the data in memory and allows you to process ...
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