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How To Use Terracotta

This page contains a table of common applications listed by industry where Terracotta has been successful.

The guide to the left describes the various ways that Terracotta is used by our users:

Reference Implementations: To demonstrate real-world application of Terracotta technology, we have built full featured, fully scaled out applications.

Technology Solutions: If you have a particular technology in mind, such as HTTP Session Clustering or Distributed Caching this section describes how Terracotta fits with these common kinds of technologies.

Data Types: There are three main types of data that are commonly stored in Terracotta, User Session, User Profile, and Application Session.

Business Function: At a high-level, these are the common business problems that users solve with Terracotta. They are solved using Design Patterns or Core Functions.

Design Patterns: These patterns are generic across many different Business Functions. They make use of the core functionality provided by Terracotta.

Application	Data Type	Patterns
Reservation Systems	User Session: User Profile Application Session: Inventory, Availability To Promise	Data Caching Master Worker Simple Messaging
Affinity/Loyalty Program	User Session: Search Results	Data Caching

Application	Data Type	Patterns
Online Examinations	User Session: User Profile, Exam Answers Application Session: Exam Questions	User AuthC AuthZ Write Behind to SOR Data Caching Lock Manager
Online Betting	User Session: Account Balance, Game State Application Session: Matches and Games, Open to Bet, Odds, Price	User AuthC AuthZ Write Behind to SOR Lock Manager Chat Cluster Membership
Online Conferencing	User Session: User Profile, User Entitlements Application Session: Available Conferences	User AuthC AuthZ Write Behind to SOR Chat Cluster Membership

Application	Data Type	Patterns
Benefits Management	User Session: User Profile Application Session: Employer Profile	User AuthC AuthZ Routing Data Caching
Batch Processing	Application Session: User Records	Master Worker Data Caching

Application	Data Type	Patterns
Trading Bus	Application Session: Trading Transactions	Write Behind to SOR Lock Manager Routing
Trading Desktop App	Application Session: Products, Instruments, Prices	Data Caching