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Object caching is an important piece in the design and development of Web portals. In a typical Web portal application, we need the frequently accessed data in a JVM's memory, but, at the same time, ...

The caching of content from disk storage to high-speed memory is a proven technology for reducing read latency and improving application-level performance. The problem with traditional caching, ...

Transistors keep getting smaller and smaller, enabling computer chip designers to develop faster computer chips. But no matter how fast the chip gets, moving data from one part of the machine to ...

Before we can do any caching, we need something to cache. Here's a simple DataProvider class that has a couple of expensive operations in its interface: /** * @author adrian at aspectprogrammer.org * ...

An SSD can read and write data many times faster than the best mechanical hard drive. On the downside, flash memory is many times more expensive than the innards of a typical hard drive, so ...

SanDisk has built itself a decent reputation in the SSD game, and a cheap cache-only drive is a logical addition to its line. Unlike regular SSD or hybrid upgrades, you don't have to transfer your ...