IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance overview

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance is a purpose-built appliance that is optimized for cost-efficient, rapid, drop-in caching for WebSphere applications.

Benefits

With DataPower XC10 Appliance, you can experience the following benefits:
Easy scale-out
DataPower XC10 Appliance contains a 240 GB (140 GB on Type 9235-92X) elastic data grid that you can use to host data for your business-critical applications. To add more memory to your data grid, you can add another appliance to your configuration, creating a collective of appliances that host your data.
Drop-in use without code changes
You can use DataPower XC10 Appliance without extensive changes to the code in your applications. You can use the appliance in the following drop-in scenarios:
  • Session management for HTTP requests
  • WebSphere Application Server dynamic cache support
Fault tolerance
The data in your data grids is automatically replicated, which lowers the risk of data loss.
Flexible and simple user management
With the user interface, you can easily manage users and user groups for your appliance. You can also use the user interface to create, manage, and monitor your data grids.

High-level topology

DataPower XC10 Appliance sits behind your application server tier. In your application server tier, you install the WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client on each node, including your deployment manager. This client enables your application server tier to communicate with the appliance tier. In the appliance tier, you can associate the appliances together to form a collective.
Figure 1. High-level topology
High-level topology
  • Appliance topology: collectives, zones, and data grids
    A data grid is a storage unit that can be created to hold objects for a specific application or set of applications. A collective groups appliances together for scalability and management purposes. A zone defines a physical location for your appliance and are used to determine the placement of the data in your cache.
  • What’s new in Version 2.0
    WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance Version 2.0 includes enhanced appliance hardware, the ability to enable capacity limits on data grids, SNMP support, and integration with WebSphere Portal.
  • Release notes
    Links are provided to the product support Web site, to product documentation, and to last minute updates, limitations, and known problems for the product.
  • Notices
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