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List:       memcached
Subject:    Re: python-memcached server selection code (long)
From:       Dustin Sallings <dustin () spy ! net>
Date:       2007-10-25 16:38:48
Message-ID: E2A7F06D-DE55-474E-8949-6D04D95DD370 () spy ! net
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On Oct 25, 2007, at 8:11 , Robert Szefler wrote:

>> 2. Use the consistent hashing stuff and when a machine goes down
>>  remove it from the cache configuration file.  Without consistent
>>  hashing removing a machine would flush the cache on all nodes.
>>  With consistent hashing the impact is greatly reduced.
>>
> Please, could you describe it in more detail to me? I guess I don't  
> see the idea clearly from the short description Jeremy posted.

	http://cn.last.fm/user/RJ/journal/2007/04/10/392555/

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Dustin Sallings


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