memcached vs runit
A side-by-side look at memcached and runit. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
memcached
Network & Admin
Memcached is an open source, high-performance distributed memory object caching system. It is used to speed up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load for reading/writing frequently accessed data.
cachingmemoryperformance
runit
System & Hardware
runit is a service supervision suite used to control processes and services on Unix-like operating systems. It is lightweight, customizable, and follows a simple yet robust process supervision scheme.
process-controlservice-managementunix
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