configuration and limitation of memcache..

[Aaron Stone]

Is there a memcache backend for squid yet? I once heard rumor that
craigslist uses just such a beast.

Aaron

On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 00:28 -0600, John Kramlich wrote:
> I would consider using Squid for caching of images.
> 
> http://www.squid-cache.org/
> 
> I have not personally used it but others have recommended it in the
> past.
> 
> - John
> 
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> John Kramlich
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> bharath venkatesh wrote: 
> > hi,
> >  In  my project i need to store lot n lots of images in my cache and
> > retrieve it very frequently.. currently i am using memcache to store
> > and retreive images from cache... i will be using 4 GB  ram as cache
> > and each image won't exceed 1 mb for sure ...and i came across  that
> > memcache will be assigned only certain amount of cache for
> > caching ... so how to configure it so that it can use the amount of
> > cache as much as i want like 3 GB of ram ... and also i want to know
> > whether memcache is the right way to go about my project .. i have
> > already implemented storing and retrieving images using images ...
> > it is working fine .. and i find it easy as images can be  stored
> > and retrieved using  a key and that is what i want ... but my
> > project will have many clients storing and retrieving images
> > concurrently ... so i want to know whether memcahe is the right
> > way .. does it have any limitation ...if so pls suggest an
> > alternative ....as i doing my project in python suggest an
> > alternative which can be  interfaced with python easily
>