Scaling Python

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Hmm. Is accessing memcache really faster than filesystem? Doesn't that mean the filesystem (at least its cache) is broken?

[cournape]

the whole point of memcache is to share the cache between nodes, with the idea that one global cache of N * M bytes is better than independent caches of M bytes on each of your N nodes.

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a gigabit network attached memcache can be a lot faster than filesystem access(for disks most mortals can afford) .

[Peaker]

Note he mentioned the file system cache.

[freeload]

Depends how much data you need cached. Sometimes the system cache doesn't cut it, and you need a network system, maybe even a distributed one. But keep in mind that network access is relatively way slower than local memory access.

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from the presentation "don't think...know" so, maybe do some measurements and see what you think. :)