Apache Ignite is an in-memory computing platform launched in October 2014, enabling high availability, performance, and scalability for various applications such as finance, e-commerce, and IoT. It offers features like SQL support, durable memory, and seamless integration with other systems, making it suitable for diverse industries. The document discusses its history, use cases, and provides insights into its capabilities through various examples and a demo.

1. APACHE IGNITE
AN INTRO TO

2. WHO IS THIS HUMAN?
DANI TRAPHAGEN - @DTRAPEZOID
▸ Probably most important - I
have perfected the art of
awkward dog family photo -see
image right
▸ I spend a lot of time with
databases
▸ I used to consult & train folks
on NoSQL databases (C*) and
now I don’t…because……..

3. MEMORY IS

4. WELL WHAT ARE
THE TRENDS?

5. SOURCE HERE

6. MEMORY IS DECREASING IN COST:

7. SO, WHAT
IS THIS APACHE IGNITE?
BUT SERIOUSLY, DON’T
DO IT…WE’RE TIRED.

8. APACHE IGNITE
HISTORY OF

9. APACHE IGNITE’S HISTORY
▸ Apache Ignite came fresh out the kitchen in Oct. 2014, released
by GridGain
▸ Aug. 2015 Ignite is the 2nd fastest project to graduate after
Apache Spark
▸ Today, 100+ Contributors internationally & rapidly growing out
the community
▸ Over 1m lines of code

10. •HIGH AVAILABILITY
•PEER TO PEER
•SCALE OUT

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Agenda
• Introduction - what is this thing?
• Use Cases - when do I use this thing?
• Who else has used this thing?
• Does it apply to my thing I am doing?
• Features of this thing, a lot of them, not all.
• Demo - show me where to get started with this
thing.
• Q&A

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Introduction

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the in-memory computing platform
that is durable, strongly consistent and highly available
with powerful SQL, key-value and processing APIs
Apache Ignite

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Apache Ignite In-Memory Computing Platform
Memory-Centric Storage
Ignite Native Persistence
(Flash, SSD, Intel 3D XPoint)
Third-Party Persistence
(RDBMS, HDFS, NoSQL)
SQL Transactions Compute Services MLStreaming
Applications
Key/Value
IoTFinancial
Services
Pharma &
Healthcare
E-CommerceTravel &
Logistics
Telco

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Use Cases

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Apache Ignite Users
FinTech
Financial Services Software Logistics & Travel
E-commerce
Telco
IoT
Pharma & Healthcare
Adtech

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JacTravel are a global B2B travel firm, providing
realtime services for over 15k city hotels worldwide.
Problem
• Could not meet latency and throughput SLAs
• Could no longer scale and was costly to maintain
Apache Ignite Solution
• More than 550M searches per day
• Enables sub-second response times on a 4-node
cluster
• Delivers savings of over $500K per year on
infrastructure
SQL API
Load Balancer
REST API
DB updates
via MQ
Apache Ignite Cluster
DB
- Real-time Search at Scale (Travel & Retail)
IN-MEMORY IN-MEMORY IN-MEMORY IN-MEMORY
Distributed In-Memory Partitioned Cache

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The company develops IoT solutions that transmit
energy consumption data between meters,
consumers and utilities in real time.
Problem
• Could not meet latency and throughput SLAs
• Missing scalability and elasticity
GridGain Solution
• 50 millions meters stream the data back in real-time
• Collocated in-memory processing
• Advanced security and multi-tenancy
SQL
Smart Meters
GridGain Ignite Cluster
DB
IN-MEMORY IN-MEMORY IN-MEMORY IN-MEMORY
GridGain Advanced Security
Large IoT Provider - Smart Metering and Utilities
Compute Transactions
Company’s Platform

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Feature Overview

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Feature Overview
SQL
Key / Value
Collocated Processing
ACID Transactions
Micro-Services
Data Streaming
Machine Learning
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
Server NodesClient Nodes

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Durable Memory
Off-heap Removes
noticeable GC pauses
Automatic
Defragmentation
Stores Superset
of Data
Predictable memory
consumption
Fully Transactional
(Write-Ahead Log)
DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY
Server Node Server Node Server Node
Ignite Cluster
Instantaneous
Restarts

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Ignite Native Persistence
1. Update
RAM
2. Persist
Write-Ahead Log
Partition File 1
3. Ack
4. Checkpointing
Partition File N
Server Node

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Data Grid
JCache Transactions Compute SQL
RDBMS
NoSQL
HDFS
Server Node
Distributed Key-Value Store
Dynamic
Scaling
Distributed
partitioned
hash map
ACID TransactionJCache & SQL
Server Node Server Node
3rd party storage caching
DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY

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Distributed SQL
JDBC ODBC SQL API
Java .NET C++ BI
SELECT, UPDATE,
INSERT, MERGE,
DELETE, CREATE
and ALTER
DDL, DML Support
Cross-platform
Compatibility
Indexes in
RAM or Disk
Dynamic
Scaling
Server Node Server NodeServer Node
Apache Ignite Cluster
DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY
Tools

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1. Initial Query
2. Query execution over local data
3. Reduce multiple results in one
1. Initial Query
2. Query execution (local + remote data)
3. Potential data movement
4. Reduce multiple results in one
2
2
1
Collocated Joins Non-Collocated Joins
Server Node
ON-DISK
Server Node
ON-DISK
Client Node
3
2
2
1
Server Node
ON-DISK
Server Node
ON-DISK
Client Node
4
3

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Compute Grid
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
Ignite Cluster
C1
R1
C2
R2
C = C1 + C2
R = R1 + R2
C = Compute
R = Result
in T/2 time
Automatic Failover
Load Balancing
Zero Deployment

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1. Initial Request
2. Fetch data from remote nodes
3. Process entire data-set
3
1
Data 1
2
2 Data 2
Client-Server Processing Co-located Processing
Server Node
ON-DISK
Server Node
ON-DISK
1. Initial Request
2. Co-located processing with data
3. Reduce multiple results in one
2
2
1Client Node
Server Node
ON-DISK
Server Node
ON-DISK
Client Node
3

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Service Grid
Node Singleton
Cluster Singleton
Cluster Singleton
Node Singleton
Microservices
Foundation
Lifecycle
Management
Load Balancing
Automatic
Failover

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Machine Learning Grid
K-Means Regressions Decision Trees
R C++ Python Java
Server Node Server NodeServer Node
Distributed Core Algebra
DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY DURABLE MEMORY
Scala REST
Random ForestDistributed Algorithms
Dense and Sparse
Algebra
Large Scale
Parallelization
Multi-Language
Support
Dense and Sparse
Algebra
No ETL

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Genetic Algorithms Grid
DURABLE MEMORY
DURABLE MEMORY
Ignite Cluster
F2, C2, M2
F = F1 + F2
C = C1 + C2
Collocated Computation
Biological Evolution
Simulation
Chromosome and Genes Cluster
M = M1 + M2
F1, C1, M1
F = Fitness Calculation
C = Crossover
M = Mutation

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Ignite and Spark Integration
Spark Application
Spark Worker
Spark
Job
Spark
Job
Yarn Mesos Docker HDFS
Spark Worker
Spark
Job
Spark
Job
Spark Worker
Spark
Job
Spark
Job
In-Memory Shared RDD or DataFrame
Share RDD
across jobs on
the host
In-Memory
Indexes
SQL on top of
RDDs
Share RDD
Globally
Ignite Node Ignite Node Ignite Node

32. GEE
THANKS!DANI TRAPHAGEN - @DTRAPEZOID