[infinispan-dev] Cluster scaling

[Thomas Fromm]

On 25.10.2012 17:03, Matej Lazar wrote:
> Yes, CapeDwarf uses Infinispan as persistent store.
>
> IMO Infinispan should provide setting to enable lossless shutdown, if we want to use it for storage or distributed file system etc. As I understand external storage is the only option.
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> In a cloud environment, where nodes (server instances) come and go, relaying on external storage will force a user to use centralized store. Which is not the best solution if a user has requirements to work with distributed storage in the first place.

Yes, nodes come and go... and some of them maybe not leave gracefully...

Increase number of owners inside distributed caches to reduce risk. :-)