# Memcached **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 17, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached/183590 "2010-02-17T02:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached/183590/1 "2010-02-17T02:01:39Z")
Hi guys, I remember using memcached in the past, but after the 2.1 release I can’t figure out how I’m suppose to configured it with different environments. Cache\_fu had a memcached.yml in config/, but I can’t find how to configure it if for example I want a single small test memcached server in dev mode, and a few distributed servers in production. Does someone know of documentation or examples on how to configure it ? TIA, ngw ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached/183590/2 "2010-02-17T02:13:56Z")
I have it on good authority that ActiveSupport::Cache is a good way to go in Rails 2.1 and beyond (e.g. Rails 3.0 supports it, backward compatible). This interface supports many implementations, including CloudCache if you’re on EC2 - see e.g. [getCloudCache.com](http://getCloudCache.com) , in particular the video shows how to configure. Hope this help, Marc On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Nicholas W. \< ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached/183590/3 "2010-02-17T17:48:12Z")
On Feb 16, 5:00 pm, Nicholas W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi guys, I remember using memcached in the past, but after the 2.1 release I can’t figure out how I’m suppose to configured it with different environments. > Cache\_fu had a memcached.yml in config/, but I can’t find how to configure it if for example I want a single small test memcached server in dev mode, and a few distributed servers in production. > > Does someone know of documentation or examples on how to configure it ? I seem to remember having this problem, too. We just configure it in our .rb file. So in development.rb you might have: config.cache\_store = :mem\_cache\_store, ‘big\_host1’, ‘big\_host2’, etc… [http://thewebfellas.com/blog/2008/6/9/rails-2-1-now-with-better-integrated-caching](http://thewebfellas.com/blog/2008/6/9/rails-2-1-now-with-better-integrated-caching) * * * Kurt W. I am looking for a new Rails job: [http://www.CircleW.org/kurt/pages/resume](http://www.CircleW.org/kurt/pages/resume) ---
**Author:** ![Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicholas\_W](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nicholas_W)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcached/183590/4 "2010-02-17T17:49:57Z")
On Feb 17, 8:46 am, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > We just configure it in our .rb file. > > So in development.rb you might have: > config.cache\_store = :mem\_cache\_store, ‘big\_host1’, ‘big\_host2’, etc… Doh! Meant to say: So in development.rb you might have: config.cache\_store = :mem\_cache\_store, ‘small\_host’ So in production.rb you might have: config.cache\_store = :mem\_cache\_store, ‘big\_host1’, ‘big\_host2’, etc… [http://thewebfellas.com/blog/2008/6/9/rails-2-1-now-with-better-integrated-caching](http://thewebfellas.com/blog/2008/6/9/rails-2-1-now-with-better-integrated-caching) * * * Kurt W. I am looking for a new Rails job:[http://www.CircleW.org/kurt/pages/](http://www.CircleW.org/kurt/pages/) resume