About This Product
The TIBCO ActiveSpaces® software is a distributed in-memory data grid product. Some features of ActiveSpaces® include use of familiar database concepts, high I/O capacity, and network scalability.
ActiveSpaces features a complete redesign and reimplementation of the product and is straightforward to understand, use, and administer.
Product Editions
ActiveSpaces is now available in two editions: Community Edition and Enterprise Edition.
| Community Edition | Enterprise Edition | |
| Ideal for |
Getting started with ActiveSpaces for implementing application projects, including proof of concept projects, for testing, and for deploying applications in a production environment. Production deployments running up to 5 nodes (a total of the copyset nodes or proxies in your data grid) For more information, see Terms used in Community and Enterprise Editions. |
All application development projects, and for deploying and managing applications in the production environment of an enterprise. Production deployments with more than 5 nodes (a total of the copyset nodes or proxies in your data grid) For more information, see Terms used in Community and Enterprise Editions. |
| Features | All features of the Enterprise Edition except enterprise monitoring using dashboards. | Includes all features presented in this documentation set. |
| Limitations |
Run up to 5 nodes (a total of the copyset nodes or proxies in your data grid). Although the community license limits the number of production instances, you can easily upgrade to the enterprise edition as your use of ActiveSpaces expands. |
No limitations on a total of the copyset nodes or proxies in your data grid. |
| Cost | Free | Paid |
| Compatibility | Compatible with both the enterprise and community editions of TIBCO FTL® |
Depends on the enterprise edition of TIBCO FTL for monitoring and management of data grid components and secure communication. |
| TIBCO Support | No access to TIBCO Support | Access to TIBCO Support |
Terms used in Community and Enterprise Editions
| • | Node - a copyset node or proxy where each copyset node or proxy is an operating system process with a unique process ID. |
| • | Process ID - For the purposes of the definition of Node, Process ID means a standard computer industry term that uniquely identifies each operating system process. |
| • | Copyset - For the purposes of the definition of Node, “Copyset” means a logical grouping of nodes such that a portion of the data is shared uniformly by all the nodes that form a copyset. |