James LiddleKamranYousafThe Space Based Advantage for Online Gaming

What is GigaSpaces XAP ?

GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP)A scale-out application server providing:End-end scale-out middleware for Web data, messaging and business logicIn memory clusteringUnique database scalabilityAn SLA driven Architecture with automatic self healingDecouples the application from the deployment environment Supports open-source and standard development frameworksSupport major enterprise languages: Java, .NET and C++

A scale-out application server providing:

End-end scale-out middleware for Web data, messaging and business logic

In memory clustering

Unique database scalability

An SLA driven Architecture with automatic self healing

Decouples the application from the deployment environment

Supports open-source and standard development frameworks

Support major enterprise languages: Java, .NET and C++

Mission Critical ApplicationsFinancial Services:Algorithmic trading Market Data Risk Analysis Portfolio Analysis Bank Card ProcessingTelecom: Real-time billing, Order Management, VOIP, Location-based svs, Mobile device contentOn-Line: Gaming, Travel, Advertising/Marketing, Commerce, Consumer portals, Search enginesDefenseReal-time intelligence, Pattern Analysis

Addresses the Challenges of how to:Scale application easily Get faster response timesHave easier DevelopmentHave easier DeploymentHave easier MonitoringAchieve Near-zero Downtime

How we do itVirtualized Web Tierdynamic load balancing, self-healing, basic cachingVirtualized Business Tierauto deployment, simpler development and testingVirtualized Messaginglower latency, higher message reliabilityVirtualized Data Access dramatically lower latency, releases the data bottleneck which is often the main scalability barrierVirtualized DeploymentMove manual process to SLA driven deployment

Faster Response Time

Challenges of the N-Tier ArchitectureLogicLogicLogicPresentationToo many network hopsUnacceptable latencyPerformanceLatencySeparate fail-over strategy at each tierRedundancy doubles network trafficBottlenecks are createdLatency is increasedResiliencyLatencyBusiness LogicComplexityLatencyScalability is not linearScalability management nightmareScalabilityDAOLatencyExpensive hardware & software purchaseMultiple skill setsIntegration and designCacheTCO8

Too many network hops

Unacceptable latency

Separate fail-over strategy at each tier

Redundancy doubles network traffic

Bottlenecks are created

Latency is increased

Scalability is not linear

Scalability management nightmare

Expensive hardware & software purchase

Multiple skill sets

Integration and design

The GigaSpaces SolutionProcessing UnitSingle model for design, deployment and managementNo integration effortManage data in memoryCollapse the tiers Collocate the servicesLogicLogic

Single model for design, deployment and management

No integration effort

Manage data in memory

Collapse the tiers

Collocate the services

Easier DevelopmentIntegration with SpringAllowing developers to focus on improving the gameAnnotation or XML configuration your choice

Event Driven Messaging Layer

Remoting ServicesService InterfaceClient:Server:

Service Interface

Client:

Server:

Easier TestingEvent Driving DevelopmentFaster testing cycle – XAP provides vastly improved unit testing, allowing a full-blown application to be tested on a single machine. Test on the cloud – XAP’s Cloud Computing Framework allows testing large-scale environments on cloud services in minutes. Focus on the game, not the middleware – XAP separates middleware from business logic and takes care of all middleware interactions

Easier DeploymentSpecify once how many machines are required by the application services and any other software or hardware dependencies. Subsequently, deploy services automatically to the grid of machines, at the push of a button. XAP continuously monitors the deployment and ensures that all dependencies are fulfilled. Provision more machines to priority services, fully automatically.

Deployment Virtualization

16Transaction Flow in XAP’s SBASubmitOrderNotifyCompletionValidateCheck/matchExecute orderProcessing UnitValidateCheckPerform QueryExecute OrderPersist for Compliance & Reporting purposes:Collocation of data, messaging and services in memory:Minimum Latency (no network hops)Maximum ThroughputUnparalleled End-To-End Transaction Performance- Storing State- Register Orders- etc.

Collocation of data, messaging and services in memory:

Minimum Latency (no network hops)

Maximum Throughput

Unparalleled End-To-End Transaction Performance

17BackupSLA Driven ContainerProcessing UnitMaintaining Resiliency using XAP’s SBASingle, built-in failover/redundancyFewer points of failureAutomated SLA driven failover/redundancy mechanismContinuous High Availability

Single, built-in failover/redundancy

Fewer points of failure

Automated SLA driven failover/redundancy mechanism

Continuous High Availability

18Processing UnitScaling Out and Managing XAP’s SBABackupBackupWrite Once Scale Anywhere:Near linear scalabilitySingle monitoring and management engineAutomated, SLA-Driven deployment and managementScaling policy, System requirements, Space cluster topology

Write Once Scale Anywhere:

Near linear scalability

Single monitoring and management engine

Automated, SLA-Driven deployment and management

Scaling policy, System requirements, Space cluster topology

Scalability

Auto Scale Out

Smooth Handling of Peak LoadsWhen an affiliate’s ad campaign hits big, or a major sporting event draws crowds of betters, GigaSpaces XAP makes sure your game handles the additional load without crashing or even slowing downDetects high loads and automatically scales out your application before it breaches its service level agreement (SLA). Automatically deploys more instances of the application on additional machines, when the existing machines approach critical levels of CPU, memory, or other indicators you define. User requests are transparently routed to the new machines – while the game continues.

Continuous AvailabilityHot-swap hardware maintenance – if a machine needs service, XAP can relocate live application instances to a different machine, with no service interruption.Automatic self healing – when your system’s SLA is compromised, XAP’s Service Manager immediately raises a new backup and loads it with live data, with no human intervention. Real-time game version upgrades – XAP can upgrade your application to a new version automatically, with no downtime, assuming no changes to data model.

MonitoringNo need to manually hunt down middleware issues XAP monitors your entire system end-to-end, from the load balancer through to the messaging, business logic services and data. Track down problems to a particular service or application instance using the central management UI.

Ready For the CloudXAP provides tight integration with cloud infrastructure services like Amazon EC2, with a full set of cloud toolsToday – outsource testing and non-essential services to the cloud. Tomorrow – run production applications on the cloud and resell cloud services to your customers, with no migration effort.

Deploying on the CloudMulti Tenant Application ProvisioningApplication Deployment Configuration3 - Manage1- Install2 - DeployProvisionIaaS Provider (EC2, GoGrid, VMWhere, Citrix,..)ApplicationRepositoryApp AApp B

Built-in Machine profiles (EC2)Cluster ManagerAdmin-UiEach machine can be assigned with64/32 S,M,L,XL Images individually Each machine dynamically install software packagesGSM responsible for deploying application packages to GSC machineGSM MachineUI MachineWebJmeterIMDGWebTomcatWWWMirrorIMDGWebComp-NodeIMDGWebComp-NodesLB MachineDatabase MachineExt-MachineGSC Machines

Each machine can be assigned with

64/32 S,M,L,XL Images individually

Each machine dynamically install software packages

GSM responsible for deploying application packages to GSC machine

Online OMS: Old System

Online OMS: SBA Enabled

GigaSpaces Customers100+ direct enterprise customers, 2000+ embedded deploymentsA Scale-Out Application Server ideally suited for today’s Enterprise Environments and ISV’s building Grid, SaaS and Cloud enabled offeringsCloud tools and packaging Public Cloud providers (i.e. EC2, Flexiscale, GoGrid, Joyent and more).

100+ direct enterprise customers, 2000+ embedded deployments

A Scale-Out Application Server ideally suited for today’s Enterprise Environments and ISV’s building Grid, SaaS and Cloud enabled offerings

Cloud tools and packaging Public Cloud providers (i.e. EC2, Flexiscale, GoGrid, Joyent and more).