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WebSphere Commerce caching history
Until R4, Commerce used its own proprietary caching engine and did not adopt DynaCache technology until WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2 was released.
Table 2-1 Evolution of caching in WebSphere Commerce
Release R1, R2, R3 R4 R5 WC Level WCBE 5.4 WCBE 5.6 WCBE 5.7 WebSphere Application Server Level V 4.0.5 (R3) V 5.0.2 V 5.1 Implementation Proprietary WCBE DynaCache DynaCache Storage Disk Based Memory based + Disk offload
Memory based + Disk offload Scope Full pages Full pages + Fragments Extended full pages + Fragments Invalidation Manual + Database Triggers
Manual + Database Triggers
WAS API
WCBE invalidation command +
Time based proxy invalidation
Manual + Database Triggers
WAS API
WCBE invalidation command +
Dynamic proxy invalidation
External cache None Edge Server/ Caching Proxy
Edge Server/ Caching Proxy
Configuration <instance>.xml cachespec.xml cachespec.xml Runtime Management None Cache Monitor Cache Monitor