+1 for deprecation in 2.7 and removal in 3.0.
(binding) :)

I do not see any reason to use local cache instead of CHM, even for testing.

чт, 26 июл. 2018 г. в 17:05, Pavel Kovalenko <jokse...@gmail.com>:

> Stan,
>
> I don't think that it is a good way to spawn such crutches in the codebase
> for extra rare cases of some of the users.
> I think we should do it in right way or do nothing and just remove LOCAL
> caches completely.
>
> 2018-07-25 16:19 GMT+03:00 Stanislav Lukyanov <stanlukya...@gmail.com>:
>
> > In my view the approach in implementing LOCAL caches isn’t supposed to be
> > highly efficient – just a
> > functional workaround for the existing users of LOCAL cache.
> > Moreover, if the workaround is easy but slightly awkward it isn’t a bad
> > thing – a user needs to understand that their use case
> > isn't directly supported and they shouldn’t expect too much of it.
> > That’s a drawback of the existing LOCAL cache – it appears as a
> > well-supported use case in the API, but if one actually tries to use it
> > they’ll see lower performance and more awkward behavior than what they
> > could expect.
> >
> > Stan
> >
> > From: Pavel Kovalenko
> > Sent: 25 июля 2018 г. 15:27
> > To: dev@ignite.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Deprecating LOCAL cache
> >
> > It's not easy to just make such caches as PARTITIONED with NodeFilter.
> > Even in the case when a node is not affinity node for this cache we
> create
> > entities like GridClientPartitionTopology for such caches on all nodes.
> > These caches participate in the exchange, calculate affinity, etc. on all
> > nodes.
> > If you create 1 instance of local cache on N nodes you will get N^2
> useless
> > entities which will eat resources.
> > So, this approach should be carefully analyzed before the proposed
> > implementation.
> >
> > 2018-07-25 11:58 GMT+03:00 Dmitrii Ryabov <somefire...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > +1 to make LOCAL as filtered PARTITIONED cache. I think it would be
> much
> > > easier and faster than fixing all bugs.
> > >
> > > 2018-07-25 11:51 GMT+03:00 Dmitriy Setrakyan <dsetrak...@apache.org>:
> > >
> > > > I would stay away from deprecating such huge pieces as a whole LOCAL
> > > cache.
> > > > In retrospect, we should probably not even have LOCAL caches, but
> now I
> > > am
> > > > certain that it is used by many users.
> > > >
> > > > I would do one of the following, whichever one is easier:
> > > >
> > > >    - Fix the issues found with LOCAL caches, including persistence
> > > support
> > > >    - Implement LOCAL caches as PARTITIONED caches over the local
> node.
> > In
> > > >    this case, we would have to hide any distribution-related config
> > from
> > > >    users, like affinity function, for example.
> > > >
> > > > D.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Valentin Kulichenko <
> > > > valentin.kuliche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It sounds like the main drawback of LOCAL cache is that it's
> > > implemented
> > > > > separately and therefore has to be maintained separately. If that's
> > the
> > > > > only issue, why not keep LOCAL cache mode on public API, but
> > implement
> > > it
> > > > > as a PARTITIONED cache with a node filter forcefully set? That's
> > > similar
> > > > to
> > > > > what we do with REPLICATED caches which are actually PARTITIONED
> with
> > > > > infinite number of backups.
> > > > >
> > > > > This way we fix the issues described by Stan and don't have to
> > > deprecate
> > > > > anything.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Val
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:53 AM Stanislav Lukyanov <
> > > > > stanlukya...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Igniters,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I’d like to start a discussion about the deprecation of the LOCAL
> > > > caches.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOCAL caches are an edge-case functionality
> > > > > > I haven’t done any formal analysis, but from my experience LOCAL
> > > caches
> > > > > > are needed very rarely, if ever.
> > > > > > I think most usages of LOCAL caches I’ve seen were misuses: the
> > users
> > > > > > actually needed a simple HashMap, or an actual PARTITIONED cache.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOCAL caches are easy to implement on top of PARTITIONED
> > > > > > If one requires a LOCAL cache (which is itself questionable, as
> > > > discussed
> > > > > > above) it is quite easy to implement one on top of PARTITIONED
> > cache.
> > > > > > A node filter of form `node -> node.id().equals(localNodeId)` is
> > > > enough
> > > > > > to make the cache to be stored on the node that created it.
> > > > > > Locality of access to the cache (i.e. making it unavailable from
> > > other
> > > > > > nodes) can be achieved on the application level.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOCAL caches are hard to maintain
> > > > > > A quick look at the open issues mentioning “local cache” suggests
> > > that
> > > > > > this is a corner case for implementation of many Ignite features:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=text%20~%20%
> > > > > 22local%20cache%22%20and%20%20project%20%3D%20IGNITE%
> > > > > 20and%20status%20%3D%20open
> > > > > > In particular, a recent SO question brought up the fact that
> LOCAL
> > > > caches
> > > > > > don’t support native persistence:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51511892/how-to-
> > > > > configure-persistent-storage-for-apache-ignite-cache
> > > > > > Having to ask ourselves “how does it play with LOCAL caches”
> every
> > > time
> > > > > we
> > > > > > write any code in Ignite seems way to much for the benefits we
> gain
> > > > from
> > > > > it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Proposal
> > > > > > Let’s deprecate LOCAL caches in 2.x and remove them in 3.0.
> > > > > > As a part of deprecation let’s do the following:
> > > > > > - Put @Deprecated on the CacheMode.LOCAL
> > > > > > - Print a warning every time a LOCAL cache is created
> > > > > > - Remove all mentions of LOCAL caches from readme.io, if any,
> > except
> > > > for
> > > > > > the page about cache modes
> > > > > > - On the page about cache modes explain that LOCAL is deprecated
> > and
> > > > can
> > > > > > be replaced with a PARTITIONED cache with a node filter
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Stan
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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