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= Chronicle MAP
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Chronicle Map is a super-fast, in-memory, key-value store, designed for low-latency, and/or multi-process applications such as trading and financial market applications.
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Chronicle Map can overflow seamlessly to disk, and can be distributed across the network.
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image::docs\images\CM_Overview.jpg[]
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== Prerequisites
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To run Chronicle Map, please ensure you have first installed:
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* Java (1.8.0_91 or later)
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* Apache Maven (3.2.3 or later)
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=== Use cases
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Chronicle Map is used in production around the
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world for:
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• **real-time trading systems**. Chronicle Map
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provides in-memory access speeds, and supports
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ultra-low garbage collection. Chronicle Map can support the most demanding of applications.
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• **highly concurrent systems**. Chronicle Map
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supports multiple readers and writers,
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distributed across multiple machines.
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=== Why use Chronicle Map?
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Chronicle Map is:
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• **fast**. Millions of operations per second, with
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low and stable microsecond latencies.
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• **reliable**. Chronicle Software have a “chaos
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monkey” test which verifies Chronicle Map
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multi-master replication in the face of node
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and network failures.
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• **in production** at banks and hedge funds,
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globally.
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• **built using lessons learnt** from real-world
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experience solving real-world problems.
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• **open source** (standard version), and in use at
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hundreds of sites around the world.
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=== Our offering
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Chronicle Software provide full support for
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Chronicle Map, consulting to help you make
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best use of the product, and can also deliver
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projects using a mix of our resources and
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your own.
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=== Replication Environment Example
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The following diagram shows an example of Chronicle Map replication over three servers (or sites).
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image::docs\images\Configure_Three_Way_Replication.png[]
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Replication is multi-master, lock-free, redundant, deterministic, and eventually consistent.
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The writer can optionally wait for replication to occur across nodes or regions.
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NOTE: See <<docs/CM_Replication.adoc#,Chronicle Map Replication>> for more information.
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'''
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== Documentation
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The Chronicle Map documentation comprises:
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.Documentation
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|**Document**|**Purpose**
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|<<docs/CM_Features.adoc#,CM_Features.adoc>>
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|Features description.
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|<<docs/CM_Replication.adoc#,CM_Replication.adoc>>
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|Replication explanation.
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|<<docs/CM_Tutorial.adoc#,CM_Tutorial.adoc>>
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|Tutorial.
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|<<docs/CM_FAQs.adoc#,CM_FAQs.adoc>>
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|Frequently asked questions.
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|<<docs/CM_Download.adoc#,CM_Download.adoc>>
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|Downloading the software.
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|<<docs/CM_Updates.adoc#,CM_Updates.adoc>>
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|Updates from Chronicle Map version 2.
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|<<docs/CM_Compatibility_and_Versioning.adoc#,CM_Compatibility_and_Versioning>>
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|Compatibility and Versioning description.
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|===
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Linked documentation is contained in the `docs` folder. |