How do Gear6 Web Cache eviction algorithms compare to those in standard Memcached?
Standard Memcached employs an LRU (“least recently used”) eviction algorithm that overwrites cache data based only on how recently it was used, and without regard for how soon or how often it may be needed again. Gear6 Web Cache uses enhanced cost-based algorithms to make eviction decisions, caching the most frequently-used data. This increases cache hit rates and reduces the number of times data must be retrieved from storage (your database, file server or other source).
