Distributed Cache On Steroids: Amazon ElastiCache

Web applications can often be made to perform better and run faster by caching critical pieces of data in memory.  Frequently accessed data, results of time-consuming/expensive database queries, search results, session data and results of complex calculations are usually very good candidates for cache storage. In this article,we will explore :

Types of Caching Architectures:

• Local in-memory caching
• Network Attached caching
• Distributed Caching

Introduction to Amazon ElastiCache
Components of Amazon ElastiCache
How to access these components with sample programs
Explore the features of Amazon ElastiCache

• Modification of Cache Cluster
• Reboot
• Delete and Removal
• Addition of Cache Nodes.

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