Ehcache welcomes Grails as a first-class supported framework

The Ehcache project is happy to welcome Grails to the fold. The new Grails 1.2RC1 uses Ehcache as the default Hibernate second level cache. We worked with the Grails community to test Ehcache with Grails to ensure a good developer experience. As part of that we have added a new Grails Chapter to the Ehcache documentation on how to configure Ehcache for Grails, including production tuning.

We plan further enhancements to Ehcache to roll in the Terracotta Hibernate provider so that Grails users can experience the Terracotta Scale Continuum by simply making config changes in ehcache.xml.

Note that earlier versions of Grails also ship with the Ehcache library and it very quick and easy to configure it. See the documentation.

By Greg Luck

As Terracotta’s CTO, Greg (@gregrluck) is entrusted with understanding market and technology forces and the business drivers that impact Terracotta’s product innovation and customer success. He helps shape company and technology strategy and designs many of the features in Terracotta’s products. Greg came to Terracotta on the acquisition of the popular caching project Ehcache which he founded in 2003. Prior to joining Terracotta, Greg served as Chief Architect at Australian online travel giant Wotif.com. He also served as a lead consultant for ThoughtWorks on accounts in the United States and Australia, was CIO at Virgin Blue, Tempo Services, Stamford Hotels and Resorts and Australian Resorts and spent seven years as a Chartered Accountant in KPMG’s small business and insolvency divisions. He is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor of articles to the technical press.