memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching server, that allows us to get better and speeding up performance of dynamic web applications through caching data and objects in Memory. Memcached Server is also used to cache complete database tables and queries to advance performance of database.
Through this article you will learn to install Memcached Server on RHEL/CentOS
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.sonn.com
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
–>; Running transaction check
—>; Package memcached.x86_64 0:1.4.5-1.el5 set to be updated
–>; Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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memcached x86_64 1.4.5-1.el5 epel 72 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 72 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
memcached-1.4.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | 72 kB 00:01
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : memcached 1/1
Installed:
memcached.x86_64 0:1.4.5-1.el5
Complete!
Sample outputs:
USER=”memcached”
MAXCONN=”1024″
CACHESIZE=”64″
OPTIONS=””
How do I start / stop / restart Memcached server
#service memcached stop
#service memcached restart
#service memcached status
Perform thefollowing command to see if memcached is running or not:
# netstat -tulpn | grep :11211
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:11211 0.0.0.0:* 8974/memcached
memcached-tool to get general stats about the server:
That’s it Enjoy!
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