I have used Memcached in EC2 now for many deployments and I am seeing issues with DNS names used for Memcache access:
10.1.2.3:11211 vs. memcache.0.my-name.net:11211 I have set the TTL very low to provide for fail over from one server to the next, when new instances are launched. Does anyone have ideas on how I can get the same "Fail Over" I enjoy from DNS? What do you see as the "impact" of DNS look ups on Memcache service? I see /etc/hosts as one solution that keeps the code the same. But updates are hard to distribute... What are your thoughts, solutions? Edward M. Goldberg http://myCloudWatcher.com/
