# Memcached using Unix Domain Sockets?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached-using-unix-domain-sockets/185359>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 18, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached-using-unix-domain-sockets/185359 "2010-03-18T18:29:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_LSTaylor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_LSTaylor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeffrey_LSTaylor)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached-using-unix-domain-sockets/185359/1 "2010-03-18T18:29:04Z")

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Anyone tried using memcached w/ Unix sockets? Is it faster (for a one  
host  
site) than using the network interface?

TIA,  
Jeffrey

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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_LSTaylor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_LSTaylor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeffrey_LSTaylor)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached-using-unix-domain-sockets/185359/2 "2010-03-18T22:44:58Z")

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Quoting Jeffrey L. Taylor [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Anyone tried using memcached w/ Unix sockets? Is it faster (for a one host  
> site) than using the network interface?

Digging into the code makes it clear that memcache-client does not  
support  
Unix domain sockets. ☹

Jeffrey