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Johny Bravo
Johny Bravo

Reputation: 424

Cache server for C# windows application

I am using System.Runtime.Caching in windows application(c#)

This works fine for single machine. Now I want to share cache between multiple instances running on different computers.

So I am thinking of using MEMCACHED or Hazelcast IMDG

Any c# implementation or idea/ results how this works. Please note I am doing this for windows application. Any other suggestion is also welcome.

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 763

Answers (2)

Mrinal Kamboj
Mrinal Kamboj

Reputation: 11478

Using In memory cache, needs clear understanding of following use cases:

  1. Is it only a memory dump ?
  2. Does it needs Querying ability, like IQueryable, provided by the frameworks like Entity Framework for the Sql Server ?

If its only in memory dump then Redis, MemCache are fine, as they just store data in the memory as binary, de-serialized once fetched at the client location, which is not good if you are querying lots of data and want processing like filtering, sorting, pagination to be done at the source.

In case IQueryable processing is required, then check out ApacheIgnite.Net. Hazelcast and ScaleOut, out of them I find Apache Ignite to be most advanced, since it just doesn't support the Expression trees, via IQueryable, but also Ansi Sql, which is a very big advantage over other Cache

Also another point remains, why not replace Sql Server or similar database by a modern in memory system like VoltDB or Document db like Raven, as they are much faster, well integrated and completely exclude the need to separate Cache

Upvotes: 3

GorvGoyl
GorvGoyl

Reputation: 49600

I would suggest you to use Redis for caching purpose.
Here's a good c# library for Redis: ServiceStack.Redis

Upvotes: 2

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