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- Database caching stores records on the database level and is useful for reporting, batch jobs, and low level SQL queries.
- 2nd Level caching stores data objects on the application level and keeps database turnarounds on a very low level allowing fast in-memory access of frequent data.
Architecture (in 2020)
The Engine’s architecture was designed with a focus on modern, scalable and extensible technologies ready to run in the cloud. All components where were selected based on their maturity, proven reliability and cost efficiency.
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The basic Fineract architecture is as follows:
| Resource | Component | Comment |
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| Operating System | Linux, Windows, Mac OS | Amazon AWS image and Debian package available |
| Runtime | Java |
7.x | >=11 |
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| Application Server | Tomcat |
7| v9.x | Embedded Tomcat for development environments |
| Database | MySQL 5. |
x| 7 | Embedded MariaDB for development environments |
| Application Framework | Spring Framework |
4 |
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| Persistence Framework | OpenJPA |
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