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Dynamic processing power you can count on to meet peak loads and unpredictable spikes in demand

From the time the first line of code was written, GigaSpaces software has been about one thing: scalability. Today, GigaSpaces XAP has evolved into a robust next-generation application server that scales predictably and cost effectively without sacrificing application performance-no matter how many users there are, how quickly the data volume grows, or how dramatically the processing load increases.


XAP delivers predictable scalability for:

Trading applications in the Financial Services industry

E-commerce, provisioning, and order management systems in the Telecom industry

Online reservations systems in the Travel industry

High-volume Internet media sites

Online gaming applications in the Entertainment industry

Web 2.0, Software as a Service (SaaS), and e-commerce

From a business manager's perspective, a rapid increase in demand for services or applications is a great measure of success, and something we all hope to achieve. From a technology perspective, however, unpredictable spikes and exponential growth in demand can wreak havoc with a system's reliability and availability. In the end, "success" can come at a high cost in terms of lost revenues, tarnished brands, and a lot of unhappy customers.

GigaSpaces XAP provides the predictable scalability required to meet unpredictable demand for large-scale Web applications and other applications with fluctuating loads. How?

XAP allows your application to achieve linear scalability without significant changes to your code or existing infrastructure. Because the application is self contained and running on a single server, deployment is just as easy across ten thousand machines as it is across ten machines.

  • XAP lets your application scale on demand, so you can avoid expensive over-provisioning and make sure your systems are ready to support business growth.
  • XAP helps guarantee that you'll meet your service level agreements (like response times) even during unpredictable peak loads because data processing is managed in-memory.
  • XAP's pure in-memory stack helps guarantee 24/7 reliability and fault tolerance without compromising performance and scalability, or risking data loss.

Learn more

GigaSpaces XAP for Large-Scale Web Applications
GigaSpaces XAP product information
Case Study (Telecom): Virgin Mobile
Blog: How I Ported an Online Gaming Application from (Not-So-) Good-Old-JEE to GigaSpaces in Only 4 Days