SharedMemoryCache(3)

NAME

       Cache::SharedMemoryCache -- extends the MemoryCache.

DESCRIPTION

       The SharedMemoryCache extends the MemoryCache class and binds the data
       store to shared memory so that separate process can use the same cache.

       The official recommendation is now to use FileCache instead of Shared-
       MemoryCache.  The reasons for this include:

       1) FileCache provides equal or better performance in all cases that
       we've been able to test.  This is due to all modern OS's ability to
       buffer and cache file system accesses very well.

       2) FileCache has no real limits on cached object size or the number of
       cached objects, whereas the SharedMemoryCache has limits, and rather
       low ones at that.

       3) FileCache works well on every OS, whereas the SharedMemoryCache
       works only on systems that support IPC::ShareLite.  And IPC::ShareLite
       is an impressive effort -- but think about how hard it is to get shared
       memory working properly on *one* system.  Now imagine writing a wrapper
       around shared memory for many operating systems.

SYNOPSIS

         use Cache::SharedMemoryCache;

         my %cache_options_= ( 'namespace' => 'MyNamespace',
                               'default_expires_in' => 600 );

         my $shared_memory_cache =
           new Cache::SharedMemoryCache( \%cache_options ) or
             croak( "Couldn't instantiate SharedMemoryCache" );

METHODS

       See Cache::Cache for the API documentation.

OPTIONS

       See Cache::Cache for the standard options.

PROPERTIES

       See Cache::Cache for the default properties.

SEE ALSO

       Cache::Cache, Cache::MemoryCache

AUTHOR

       Original author: DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>

       Last author:     $Author: dclinton $

       Copyright (C) 2001-2003 DeWitt Clinton

perl v5.8.6                       2003-04-15       Cache::SharedMemoryCache(3)