Keeping the Cache in Sync with Outside Data Sources

Keep your distributed cache in sync with an outside data source by programming and installing application plug-ins for your region.

• Overview of Outside Data Sources

  VMware Tanzu GemFire has application plug-ins to read data into the cache and write it out.

• Configuring Database Connections Using JNDI.

  Use JNDI to maintain a connection pool that includes outside data sources.

• How Data Loaders Work

  By default, a region has no data loader defined. Plug an application-defined loader into any region by setting the region attribute cache-loader on the members that host data for the region.

• Implement a Data Loader

  Program a data loader and configure your region to use it.