App server scaling

use load balancer to spread the request to different servers.

different servers will have different cahce
but the cache could be different according to different servers.

Use Memcached to solve this.

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Code:

# implement the basic memcache functions

CACHE = {}

#return True after setting the data
def set(key, value):
    CACHE[key] = value
    return True
    
#return the value for key
def get(key):
    return CACHE.get(key)
#delete key from the cache
def delete(key):
    if key in CACHE:
        del CACHE[key]
#clear the entire cache
def flush():
    CACHE.clear()
#print set('x', 1)
#>>> True

#print get('x')
#>>> 1

#print get('y')
#>>> None

#delete('x')
#print get('x')
#>>> None

Note:

• Load balancer is just for spreading request to servers. See Round Robin
• Memcached is all in memory:

• fast
• not durable
• limited by memory

• Memcached throw data that is least recently used. (LRU) when no more memory available.

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_stampede
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memcached