Planning

Before you install WebSphere® eXtreme Scale and deploy your data grid applications, you must decide on your caching topology, complete capacity planning, review the hardware and software requirements, networking and tuning settings, and so on. You can also use the operational checklist to ensure that your environment is ready to have an application deployed.

For a discussion of the best practices that you can use when you are designing your WebSphere eXtreme Scale applications, read the following article on developerWorks®: Principles and best practices for building high performing and highly resilient WebSphere eXtreme Scale applications.