Re: [users@httpd] Re: mod_cache caching cluster

[Matthew Tice <mj...@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Dan Poirier <po...@pobox.com> wrote:

> Matthew Tice <mj...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I was digging around with mod_memcache - I really like the idea but 1) it
> > doesn't look like it's actively developed, and 2) I can't seem to get the
> > caching to do what I want.
>
> Yes, mod_mem_cache development is pretty much stopped, and it's been
> dropped from the next release of Apache.  Also consider that mem_cache
> would have an independent cache per process, which would be the reverse
> of the consolidation you're looking for.
>
>
Well, I was talking about mod_memcache (
http://code.google.com/p/modmemcache/) which seems to sort of be an
Apache-frontend for memcached servers.  To get around using mod_mem_cache I
use mod_disk_cache on a ramdisk.  It does great except for some reason I
can't get it to scale over 4G very well.