What are the benefits of using gridgain instead of ignite?

Question

I want to move my database from Oracle to Gridgain . I wanted to know the benefits of Gridgain over ignite? what does Gridgain add that is more than ignite offers.

Answer 1

You can find comparison of different GridGain editions on the following page: https://www.gridgain.com/products/software

GridGain Professional Edition has all the same features, that Ignite does. You can learn about additional features, included into Enterprise and Ultimate editions, on the website.

Answer 2

You can find all information on the GridGain website, so all you need to do is spend a bit of time reading.

Apache Ignite is the open source technology underpinning GridGain's paid products. You can find a list of its features here.

Paid products are described on the GridGain products page, for example see this paragraph:

The GridGain Professional Edition is a supported version of Apache Ignite with additional bug fixes not yet released in the open source project. The GridGain Enterprise Edition enhances Apache Ignite with additional features and testing which make it easier to deploy, manage and secure in production environments. The GridGain Ultimate Edition provides cluster snapshot backup features which are crucial when running the Persistent Store feature in production environments. All of the GridGain editions can be downloaded for a free 30 day trial.

There are more details behind the respective links.

Answer 3

If you are planning to replace Oracle with Ignite then, most likely, Ignite persistence will be used (so that the durability property is preserved).

GridGain Ultimate Edition goes with snapshots/backups & recovery capabilities essential for every disk-based databases. The capabilities are designed and work with Ignite persistence.