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#2577 Minor cleanup of 'What is Akka' in docs
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Viktor Klang (√) 2012-10-01 11:14:58 -07:00
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@ -38,24 +38,23 @@ See :ref:`actors-scala` and :ref:`untyped-actors-java`
Fault Tolerance Fault Tolerance
--------------- ---------------
Fault tolerance through supervisor hierarchies with "let-it-crash" - Supervisor hierarchies with "let-it-crash" semantics.
semantics. Excellent for writing highly fault-tolerant systems that never stop, - Supervisor hierarchies can span over multiple JVMs to provide truly fault-tolerant systems.
systems that self-heal. Supervisor hierarchies can span over multiple JVMs to - Excellent for writing highly fault-tolerant systems that self-heal and never stop.
provide truly fault-tolerant systems.
See :ref:`fault-tolerance-scala` and :ref:`fault-tolerance-java` See :ref:`fault-tolerance-scala` and :ref:`fault-tolerance-java`
Location Transparency Location Transparency
--------------------- ---------------------
Everything in Akka is designed to work in a distributed environment: all Everything in Akka is designed to work in a distributed environment: all
interactions of actors use purely message passing and everything is asynchronous. interactions of actors use pure message passing and everything is asynchronous.
For an overview of the remoting see :ref:`remoting` For an overview of the remoting see :ref:`remoting`
Transactors Transactors
----------- -----------
Transactors combine actors and STM (Software Transactional Memory) into transactional actors. Transactors combine actors and Software Transactional Memory (STM) into transactional actors.
It allows you to compose atomic message flows with automatic retry and rollback. It allows you to compose atomic message flows with automatic retry and rollback.
See :ref:`transactors-scala` and :ref:`transactors-java` See :ref:`transactors-scala` and :ref:`transactors-java`
@ -86,10 +85,10 @@ consisted of two things:
- Cluster support for Akka - Cluster support for Akka
- Monitoring & Management (formerly called Atmos) - Monitoring & Management (formerly called Atmos)
Cloudy Akka have been discontinued and the Cluster support is now being moved into the Cloudy Akka has been discontinued and the Cluster support is now being moved into the
Open Source version of Akka (the upcoming Akka 2.1), while the Monitoring & Management Open Source version of Akka (the upcoming Akka 2.1), while Monitoring & Management
(Atmos) is now rebranded into Typesafe Console and is part of the commercial subscription (Atmos) has been re-branded as the Typesafe Console, which is now part of the commercial
for the Typesafe Stack (see below for details). subscription for the Typesafe Stack (see below for details).
Typesafe Stack Typesafe Stack
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