Memcache is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.

1. Scaling with Memcached http://danga.com/memcached By Abhinav Singh

2. Who all are using it?

5. Pseudo Implementation PHP DB API Database 1 st time Query Checks cache and if not found extracts from database Cache the serialized resultset in memory 2Gb RAM reserved for caching the resultset http://localhost

6. Pseudo Implementation PHP DB API Database 2 nd time Query Checks cache, resultset already found. Un-serialize and return the resultset 2Gb RAM reserved for caching the resultset http://localhost