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| Gemcached is a <%=vars.product_name%> adapter that allows Memcached clients to communicate with a <%=vars.product_name%> server cluster, as if the servers were memcached servers. Memcached is an open-source caching solution that uses a distributed, in-memory hash map to store key-value pairs of string or object data. |
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| For information about Memcached, see [http://www.memcached.org](http://www.memcached.org). |
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| - **[How Gemcached Works](about_gemcached.html)** |
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| Applications use memcached clients to access data stored in embedded Gemcached servers. |
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| - **[Deploying and Configuring a Gemcached Server](deploying_gemcached.html)** |
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| You can configure and deploy Gemcached servers in a Java class or by using the gfsh command-line interface. |
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| - **[Advantages of Gemcached over Memcached](advantages.html)** |
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| The standard memcached architecture has inherent architectural challenges that make memcached applications difficult to write, maintain, and scale. Using Gemcached with <%=vars.product_name%> addresses these challenges. |
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