Comparison of memcache, redis and ehcache as distributed caching framework

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user308808 picture user308808 · Nov 17, 2010 · Viewed 14.5k times · Source

One of the decisions I need to make is what caching framework to use in my system. With so many to choose from, I am currently investigating redis, ehcache and memcached.

Can anyone point to performance benchmarks of these three particular frameworks? Also an overview of their features - I am particularly interested in disadvantages, ie. situations where you would use one over the other.

Answer

user4444 picture user4444 · Nov 18, 2010

A small feature comparison is here: http://toddrobinson.com/appfabric/appfabric-cache-feature-comparisons/

UPDATE 25.02.2016

Dead link fixed thanks to WebArchive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20140205010302/http://toddrobinson.com/appfabric/appfabric-cache-feature-comparisons/

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