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Explain the Features of MemCached?

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Features of Memcached are following:- 

  • It is open source.
  • It is very scalable; just add boxes with memory to spare.
  • Memcached runs as a standalone service. So, if you take your application down, the cached data will remain in memory as long as the service runs.
  • Memcached server is a big hash table.
  • It reduces the database load.
  • It is very efficient for websites with high database load.
  • The cache nodes are very ignorant: which means they have no knowledge about other nodes participating. This handles the management and configuration of such a system extremely easy.
  • It is distributed under BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) license.
  • It is a client server application over UDP or TCP.
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