Links

Cache Server

• memcached: one of the earliest and arguably the most well-known cache server out there.
• redis: a very popular, feature-rich data structure server that is often used as cache.
• twemcache: Twitter’s fork of memcached.
• fatcache: a memcached-compatible cache server that runs on SSD.

Router / Cluster

• twemproxy: a proxy for memcached and redis with cluster management capabilities.
• mcrouter: a memcached protocol router.
• redis comes with native clustering support starting from version 3.0. Additionally, commercial solutions are provided by Redis Labs

Client

• redis clients: redis.io has an excellent overview of all the popular redis clients.
• memcached clients: as numerous as the dazzling collection of redis clients. Here are a few:
  • libmemcached: a C/C++ client library and tools for memcached.
  • python-memcached: a python client library for memcached.
  • finagle-memcached: Twitter’s default memcached client, part of finagle project.

Tools

• rpc-perf: a load generator and benchmark tool fast enough to keep up with the cache servers. Supports memcached and redis protocols.