This document provides an overview of GemFire, an in-memory data grid that pools memory across processes to manage application data and behavior. Some key points:
- GemFire allows distributed applications to achieve low-latency data access through an in-memory shared cache. It supports features like caching, querying, transactions, and event notifications.
- Data in GemFire is organized into regions, which allow data to be stored across multiple servers without regard to location. Region types include replicated, partitioned, and local.
- The CAP theorem states that only two of three properties - consistency, availability, and partition tolerance - can be achieved in a distributed system. GemFire aims to balance availability and partition tolerance.