As the scale of web applications increases, performance optimization considerations are more frequently included in initial design. One optimization technique used extensively is caching. A cache contains pre-processed data that is ready to use without redoing the processing. Processing may include extensive computation and accessing data over a network or on disk. Keep the details out of your code One design consideration when introducing a caching mechanism in your code is to keep the details out of your code. Most caches are just simple key value stores, and so it’s tempting to introduce......
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I’ve had several conversations recently about caching as it relates to big data. As a result of these discussions I wanted to review some details that should be considered when deciding if a cache is necessary and how to cache big data when it is necessary. What is a Cache? The purpose of a cache is to duplicate frequently accessed or important data in such a way that it can be accessed very fast and close to where it is needed. Caching generally moves data from a low cost, high density location (e.g.......
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