Ehcache

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Ehcache is nearby memory which helps in preventing each time retrieval of data from
backend system or database when needed

a portion of Ehcache occupies a portion of heap in the java virtual machine .this
portion of cahce is refered to as on heap cache ,

beyond onheap cache,ehcache can be extended to following tiers;

local disk storage
big memory
terra cota server array

ehcache on terracota server array can be shared across multiple integration

servers.

terracota server array is prefered over local disk because guaranteed persistence
of cache

if you are caching data to bigmemory or terracota server array ,the objects must be
serialiazable