memcached config

[gmaister22]

I just installed memcached and memcache (not sure if its needed to have em both installed, some people say its better to have em both up and running)

That's what i have added in the config file:

$config['cache']['enabled'] = true;
$config['cache']['frontend'] = 'Core';
$config['cache']['frontendOptions']['cache_id_prefix'] = 'xf_';
$config['cache']['backend'] = 'Memcached';
$config['cache']['backendOptions'] = array(
    'compression' => false,
    'servers' => array(
        array(
            // your memcached server IP /address
            'host' => 'localhost',
           
            // memcached port
            'port' => 11211,
        )
    )
);

But when i save it, i get "An unexpected Error occurred. Please try again later"

What's wrong? :S

 

[Liam W]

Did you start memcache?

Also, I don't believe you installed it. You installed the PECL, but I believe you also have to install the main executable onto the server.

 

[Mike Edge]

You need to install Memcache also not just the .so...

yum install libevent libevent-devel
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://memcached.googlecode.com/files/memcached-1.4.15.tar.gz
tar xvzf memcached-1.4.15.tar.gz
cd memcached-1.4.1
./configure
make && make install

Now start it running this line

memcached -d -u nobody -m 512 -p 11211 127.0.0.1

 

[gmaister22]

Thanks guys

 

[Earl]

Do you have multiple servers with a load balancer?
I've been reading about memcache for while. seems like there is no point installing memcache in a single server environment.
someone please correct me if i'm wrong

 

[Floren]

@Earl, memcached is a must (even on a single server), if you cache the sessions.
I use it in combination with OPcache in PHP 5.5.7, zero fragmentation. Some reading material, keep going on the thread to see all logic behind.