What’s new in Version 8.5

WebSphere® eXtreme Scale includes many new features in Version 8.5. Use this topic to learn about the latest product updates.

[Version 8.5 only]

Installation Manager

You can now install WebSphere eXtreme Scale using Installation Manager. Learn more...
[Version 8.5 only]

All 64-bit Java Runtime Environments supported

You can now install the product and run the monitoring console on all 64-bit platforms. Learn more...
[Version 8.5 only]

View cache entries, query and invalidate operations in the web console and xscmd utility

You can view the keys of the cache entries in your data grid in the web console and xscmd utility. You can run regular expressions on the keys in your data grid to retrieve sets of data from a map. You can also invalidate sets of data based on the regular expression or partition. Learn more...
[Version 8.5 only]

Retrieve environment information with the xscmd utility

You can use the xscmd utility with the -c showinfo command to view important details about the servers running in your WebSphere eXtreme Scale environment. Learn more...
[Version 8.5 only]

Spring cache provider

With Spring cache abstraction, you can transparently add caching to your existing Spring application that uses the WebSphere eXtreme Scale as the cache provider. Learn more...
[Version 8.5 only]

Liberty profile support

The Liberty profile is a highly composable, fast to start, dynamic application server runtime environment. You install the Liberty profile when you install WebSphere eXtreme Scale Version 8.5 with WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5. Because the Liberty profile does not include a Java runtime environment (JRE), you must install a JRE that is provided by either Oracle or IBM. Learn more...

[Version 8.5 only]

JTA support for connecting applications to eXtreme Scale clients

WebSphere eXtreme Scale provides support for Java Transaction API (JTA). Through JTA, client management is simplified and accomplished using Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE). The JCA specification also supports resource adapters that you can use to connect applications to eXtreme Scale clients. Through support from the eXtreme Scale resource adapter, Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications can look up eXtreme Scale client connections, and demarcate local transactions using Java EE local transactions or using the eXtreme Scale APIs. Learn more...

[Version 8.5 only]

CatalogDomainManager API for connecting to specific catalog domains using JTA

The CatalogDomainManager API allows WebSphere eXtreme Scale clients and servers that run in WebSphere Application Server to connect to specific catalog service domains that are defined in the administrative console. Learn more...

[Version 8.5 only]

IBM eXtremeIO and IBM eXtremeMemory updates

You can now use IBM eXtremeIO and IBM eXtremeMemory with container servers that are running in a WebSphere Application Server environment or when you are using the ReplicationMapListener interface to create an implementation of an event listener for client-side maps that are in replication mode. Learn more...