Memcached Architecture - Crash Course with Docker, Telnet, NodeJS

This crash course explains Memcached’s architecture as a transient in-memory cache, covering memory management, LRU eviction, threading, connections, locking, and distributed caching. It includes practical demonstrations using Docker, Telnet, and Node.js.

Syllabus

Intro
What is Memcached?
Memory management
LRU
Threading and Connections
Read Example
Write Example
Write and Read collisions
Locking
Distributed Cache
Memcached with Docker/Telnet/NodeJS
Spin up a Memcached Docker container and telnet
Memcached and NodeJS
Four Memached Servers with NodeJS
Summary