In the 6th episode of the WebSphere eXtreme Scale weekly podcast, Billy and Rob discuss:

• How to choose whether to embed the grid in application processes or run in separate processes.
• Why eXtreme Scale doesn't provide 2-phase commit protocol (2PC).
• Using eXtreme Scale for HTTP Session replication.
• Best practice for choosing the number of partitions per process.

The podcasts are available in three formats:

Billy Newport's blog:
http://www.devwebsphere.com/websphere_extreme_scale

iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=306786125

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/ibmextremescale

To see a list of all episodes, see the eXtreme Scale podcast episode guide.

In the 7th episode of the WebSphere eXtreme Scale weekly podcast, Billy and Rob discuss:

• Using IBM Data Studio PureQuery to create a general purpose loader.
• Using maps and loaders to cache stored procedure results.
• Techniques for caching query results in blocks for pagination support.
• How eXtreme Scale can manage singleton services with highly available state.

The podcasts are available in three formats:

Billy Newport's blog:
http://www.devwebsphere.com/websphere_extreme_scale/

iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=306786125

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/ibmextremescale

To see a list of all episodes, see the eXtreme Scale podcast episode guide.

In the 8th episode of the WebSphere eXtreme Scale weekly podcast, Billy and Rob discuss:

• Techniques for eliminating parallel, grid-wide queries.
• Discussion on why warming-up a JVM is important when performance testing.
• How to handle write-behind errors.
• Using reverse indexes for fast lookups.
• Brief preview of what the eXtreme Scale Team is presenting at Impact.

The podcasts are available in three formats:

Billy Newport's blog:
http://www.devwebsphere.com/websphere_extreme_scale/

iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=306786125

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/ibmextremescale

To see a list of all episodes, see the [eXtreme Scale podcast episode guide|xddatagr