View content of memcached
Try stats items – i.e. echo “stats items” | nc 127.0.0.1 11211
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Which PHP (opcode) cache one should use and why?
The products you list serve different purposes. OPCode caches There are many PHP Accelerators (OPCaches) as seen on this Wikipedia list. As is common with open source products, they are all fairly similar. XCache is the lighttp PHP accelerator, and is the default choice when you are running that HTTPd. It works well with Apache … Read more
Memcached vs. Redis? [closed]
Summary (TL;DR) Updated June 3rd, 2017 Redis is more powerful, more popular, and better supported than memcached. Memcached can only do a small fraction of the things Redis can do. Redis is better even where their features overlap. For anything new, use Redis. Memcached vs Redis: Direct Comparison Both tools are powerful, fast, in-memory data … Read more
how to restart/clear memcache without restarting the whole web server?
yes. you can clear the memcache. try: telnet localhost 11211 flush_all quit if the memcache does not run on localhost 11211, you will have to adjust it.
memcache vs memcached?
The short answer: Either one is what you are looking for, but my first choice would be memcache (the first one you listed), purely based on its correct use of nomenclature. Now here’s how I came to that conclusion: Here is a quick backgrounder in naming conventions (for those unfamiliar), which explains the frustration by … Read more