Memcached is an open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system. This tutorial provides a basic understanding of all the relevant concepts of Memcached needed to create and deploy a highly scalable and performance-oriented system.

Audience

This tutorial is designed for software professionals who wish to learn and apply the concepts of Memcached in simple and easy steps.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you need to know the basics of data structures.