Install Memcached caching sytem in centos from source

memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.

It is mainly used in MYSQL + PHP or MYSQL + JAVA applications which are quite database intensive.

Install LIBEVENT


yum -y install libevent libevent-devel


Download Source

wget http://memcached.googlecode.com/files/memcached-1.4.4.tar.gz
tar zxf memcached-1.4.4.tar.gz
cd memcached-1.4.4
./configure && make && make install



Test the installation


memcached -m 256 -u nobody -vv
slab class 1: chunk size 80 perslab 13107
slab class 2: chunk size 104 perslab 10082
<29 send buffer was 110592, now 268435456
<29 server listening (udp)
<29 server listening (udp)



Start the Daemon


memcached -d -m 256 -u nobody -p 11211 -l 192.168.1.33


The above command will start the memcached daemon in port 11211

Ensure that it is working.

netstat -plan|grep 11211
tcp 0 0 192.168.1.33:11211 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 7049/memcached




Thats it.. Enjoy the power of caching system..