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. The
memcached server and clients work together to
implement one global cache across as many machines
as you have.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
Minor bugfixes, build support for OpenSolaris, IPv6 support, a “noreply” mode for many commands, and largepage support for Solaris. Out of memory errors were made more clear and eviction/OOM tracking per slab class was added.