Declared stores are defined in BigMemory configuration files (ehcache.xml files) that MashZone NextGen administrators add to the MashZone NextGen Server to allow you to work with these stores.
Declared In-Memory Stores can contain data loaded by external systems. With declared in-memory stores, the producer system that stores data in the store is the system that creates the store. MashZone NextGen is always the consumer system that retrieves data from the store for analysis using RAQL.
Declaring stores before use allows you to:
Configuration for declared stores specifies the cache manager, search attributes and connection information for the store. For an example, see Declare a New In-Memory Store.