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On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Arman Javaherian <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually use it solely to cache API responses. It cut down the response > times from 800 ms --> 50 ms. Plus it also ensures my API partners are kept > happy. :) > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Stefan de Konink <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In that case you favorite database shpuld implement caching, my favorite >> database already does. >> >> The strengt of memcache is not in caching a database, but cache generated >> pieces of content. >> >> Stefan >> >> Op 6 jul 2011 om 09:35 heeft James Isaacs <[email protected]> het >> volgende geschreven:\ >> >>> That's what I was initially thinking, but after some more thought, it >>> makes a lot of sense to use that sort of handler and expanding on it >>> for use with the MySQL or another database bridge. >>> >>> Memcached could be used to cache query results, serving results from >>> Memcached where they have already been set, and the handler could know >>> when db modifications should delete specific keys from Memcached. This >>> is a familiar design for many web applications already, so essentially >>> it could result in a well performant 'out of the box' web API. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Stefan de Konink <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, James Isaacs wrote: >>>> >>>>> I actually retract what I said. Memcached is really for the >>>>> application layer between the database and your choice of CGI. This is >>>>> something unique to most platforms, so... I'm not really sure how a >>>>> web server can handle this with a common interface. >>>> >>>> As you can see in the bugtracker. I implemented a handler that allows to >>>> serve memcached content. Based on the content being present in >>>> memcached, >>>> otherwise it would be generated. But this usecase is similar to the >>>> front-line cache. >>>> >>>> Stefan >>>> >>> >>> !DSPAM:1,4e14104725081785578686! >>> > > _______________________________________________ Cherokee mailing list [email protected] http://lists.octality.com/listinfo/cherokee
