WebSphere® eXtreme Scale includes
many new features in Version 8.5. Use this topic to learn about the latest product
updates.
Installation Manager
You
can now install
WebSphere eXtreme Scale using Installation Manager.
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All 64-bit Java Runtime Environments supported
You
can now install the product and run the monitoring console on all
64-bit platforms.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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...
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...
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.
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