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MEMCACHED: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Brian Moon ...
@BRIANLMOON • Senior Web Engineer for dealnews.com • Survived a 2006 Yahoo front page li...
WHAT IS MEMCACHED? memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nat...
PHP OPTIONS • PECL/memcache • Mature • Standalone • ...
SIMPLE PHP EXAMPLE $MEMCACHE = new Memcache(); $MEMCACHE->addServer(“192.168.0.1”); $MEMCACHE->addServer(“192.168...
WHERE IS MY DATA? • The client (not server) uses a hashing algorithm to determine t...
WHERE IS MY DATA? • Both hash the key and use the result to choose a server. • Traditional...
WHAT CAN I STORE? • Server stores blobs of data up to 1MB • PHP extensions will ...
DATA SIZE MATTERS • Maximum size for one item is 1MB • Both clients support compression, n...
EVICTION AND EXPIRATION • Expiration time can be expressed as seconds from now or a...
HOW WELL IS IT WORKING? • Graph stats from memcached using Cacti/Ganglia, etc. • Key stats...
HOW DO I SEE THE CACHE? • You have no way to see the cached data. • You probably don’t ne...
HOW DO I BACK IT UP? •You don’t! • If you application requires that, you are using it wr...
NAMESPACES & TAGGING • There is no concept of namespaces or tagging built in to me...
ADVANCED TIPS • Use multi-gets to increase performance • PECL/memcache takes an array of...
REFERENCES • http://code.google.com/p/memcached/ • http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache ...
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Memcached: What is it and what does it do? (PHP Version)

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Memcached has become the de facto standard for caching web applications. But, many users jump in feet first without understanding what it does or perhaps more importantly what it does not do. Once you understand memcached, you may come to realize that it is what it does not do that makes it so good. Memcached is a distributed memory based caching system. But, what does that mean for you? This session willcover the basics of memcached. What are all the components needed? Where is your data cached? What happens when there is a system failure? Is my data stored in more than one place? How do I know what isin my cache? All these questions and more will be answered.

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Memcached: What is it and what does it do? (PHP Version)

  1. MEMCACHED: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Brian Moon dealnews.com http://brian.moonspot.net/ Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  2. @BRIANLMOON • Senior Web Engineer for dealnews.com • Survived a 2006 Yahoo front page link • Founder and lead developer of Phorum • Memcached community member • Gearmand contributor • PHP internals contributor • I used PHP/FI Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  3. WHAT IS MEMCACHED? memcached 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. • Dumb daemon • It is a generic key/data storage system • Uses libevent and epoll/kqueue • Caches data in memory • Cache is distributed by the smart clients Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  4. PHP OPTIONS • PECL/memcache • Mature • Standalone • More hand holding • PECL/memcached • Built on libmemcached • More of a raw API • Has more features Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  5. SIMPLE PHP EXAMPLE $MEMCACHE = new Memcache(); $MEMCACHE->addServer(“192.168.0.1”); $MEMCACHE->addServer(“192.168.0.2”); $mydata = $MEMCACHE->get(“mydata”); if($mydata === false){ $mydata = generate_mydata(); $MEMCACHE->set(“mydata”, $mydata, MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED, 86400); } echo $mydata; Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  6. WHERE IS MY DATA? • The client (not server) uses a hashing algorithm to determine the storage server • Data is sent to only one server • Servers do not share data • Data is not replicated • Two hashing algorithms possible: • Traditional • “Consistent” Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  7. WHERE IS MY DATA? • Both hash the key and use the result to choose a server. • Traditional hashing uses the forumla: • hash % num_servers • Resulting number determines the server used. • In “Consistent” hashing, each server is allocated LOTS of slots and a key is hashed and to a number. The closest slot to that number is the server. • Adding/removing servers from the list results in less key reassignment. Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  8. WHAT CAN I STORE? • Server stores blobs of data up to 1MB • PHP extensions will serialize non-scalar data • Keys are limited to 250 bytes in length • Keys can not contain spaces or “high” characters. Stick with letters, numbers, _ and you are pretty safe. • PECL/memcache will convert keys for you. • PECL/memcached will returns false and an additional method must be used to find out why the set failed. Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  9. DATA SIZE MATTERS • Maximum size for one item is 1MB • Both clients support compression, neither by default • Data is stored in slabs based on size • Lots of items of the same size is not optimal • Slab size can be customized • May not be able to store items when it appears there is “free” memory • Data can be evicted sooner than expected. Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  10. EVICTION AND EXPIRATION • Expiration time can be expressed as seconds from now or as an absolute epoch time. • Values > 30 days are assumed to be an absolute time • Items are not removed from memory when they expire • Items are evicted when newer items need to be stored • Least Recenty Used (LRU) determines what is evicted • Eviction is done per slab Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  11. HOW WELL IS IT WORKING? • Graph stats from memcached using Cacti/Ganglia, etc. • Key stats: STAT cmd_get 4507207 • Hits/Misses STAT cmd_set 1098829 STAT get_hits 3221599 • Gets/Sets STAT get_misses 1285608 STAT evictions 0 • Evictions • Cacti Templates: http://dealnews.com/developers/ Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  12. HOW DO I SEE THE CACHE? • You have no way to see the cached data. • You probably don’t need to see it. • For memcached to tell you, it would freeze your entire caching system • There are debug ways to see. • DO NOT COMPILE PRODUCTION WITH DEBUG BECAUSE YOU ARE A CONTROL FREAK! Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  13. HOW DO I BACK IT UP? •You don’t! • If you application requires that, you are using it wrong • It is a cache, not a data storage system Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  14. NAMESPACES & TAGGING • There is no concept of namespaces or tagging built in to memcached • You can simulate them with an extra key storage • See the FAQ for an example of simulated namespaces • This of course means there is no mass delete in memcached Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  15. ADVANCED TIPS • Use multi-gets to increase performance • PECL/memcache takes an array of keys to get() • PECL/memcached has a separate method • Use the binary protocol in PECL/memcached • Group keys with a master key • Use a cache hierarchy • GLOBALS + APC + memcached Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  16. REFERENCES • http://code.google.com/p/memcached/ • http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache • http://pecl.php.net/package/memcached • http://brian.moonspot.net/ • http://dealnews.com/developers/ Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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