Memcached 1.6 - Hackdot

Re:Memcached 1.6 by ksec on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:30AM (#22523003)

It is interesting to see how Memcached and Redis, what was once competing in the same space, diverge in development. Redis continue to add features on top of features, it isn't bloat by any means, but it is still a lot more than say Redis 2.x. While Memcached stayed pretty much the same as memcahched 1.4, which was released over a decade ago. Optimising every single bit out of it and allow cache to be extended to SSD.

Boring Tech is Good. Memcached should be added to that list.

Edit: Release Note Mentioned Netflix, I wonder what they use it for.

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Re:Memcached 1.6 by Rafuino on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:46AM (#22523925)

Regarding Netflix, here's a big usage of theirs, which is the Extstore (external flash storage) the Github page refers to. They probably use it beyond this, but it's a good technical article to sink your teeth into.

https://netflixtechblog.com/evolution-of-application-data-ca...

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Re:Memcached 1.6 by threeseed on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:28AM (#22523597)

> Boring Tech is Good

It's fine if all you are doing is boring things.

But often there are use cases where a simple key/value store just isn't going to cut it.

And I for one am glad to have Redis as a solid, well-engineered alternative.

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Re:Memcached 1.6 by gdy on Monday March 09, 2020 @05:22AM (#22524075)

You can do boring things with cool tech and cool things with boring tech. I'm not sure if they even correlate.

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