[infinispan-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Issue Comment Edited: (ISPN-78) Large object support

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-78?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.sy... ] Olaf Bergner edited comment on ISPN-78 at 3/29/11 7:46 PM: ----------------------------------------------------------- Wouldn't a non streaming API somehow defeat this feature's sole purpose? It is my understanding that it is driven by the desire to store objects the size of which exceeds that of every single JVM in the cluster, correct? If that is indeed the case, it would be *impossible* to store such an object without first fragmenting it into pieces each of which fits into a single node's heap. So we need a streaming API to read a large object from some place - think file - outside the current JVM's address space in order not to blow up that JVM's heap. It is out of the question that this approach considerably complicates matters, but I don't see a way around it. was (Author: O.Bergner): Wouldn't a non streaming API somehow defeat this feature's sole purpose? It is my understanding that it is driven by the desire to store objects the size of which exceeds that of every single JVM in the cluster, correct? If that is indeed the case, it would be *impossible* to store such an object without first fragmenting into it pieces each of which fits into a single node's heap. So we need a streaming API to read a large object from some place - think file - outside the current JVM's address space in order not to blow up that JVM's heap. It is out of the question that this approach considerably complicates matters, but I don't see a way around it. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira