# Ideas for using Localmemcache + Rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideas-for-using-localmemcache-rails/165841>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 18, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideas-for-using-localmemcache-rails/165841 "2009-04-18T02:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideas-for-using-localmemcache-rails/165841/1 "2009-04-18T02:57:49Z")

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Hi,

I am the author of localmemcache. I wrote it so I could set view  
counters and last-access dates in a webserver module in C and still  
being able to access this information when I am in Ruby without having  
to resort to storing these things in a real database (a huge speed  
improvement). I was asked by people if I know other use cases of  
using it with rails, but couldn’t think of any–but I am curious about  
hearing other ideas. 😉

[http://localmemcache.rubyforge.org/](http://localmemcache.rubyforge.org/)

Best,

Sven