NCache is a
distributed in-memory object cache for mission .NET applications which are
hosted on web farm environment.
Here are quick
steps to install and use NCache in .NET application.
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Open C:\Program
Files\NCache Express\config and change cache.config name="mytestreplicatedcache"
in config.ncconf
file.
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In client.ncconf,
change cache id ="mytestreplicatedcache".
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Open Perfmon
from Run window and test the Ncache counter for object mytestreplicatedcache.
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Start cache on all
nodes, one for Local Cache & two for Replicated Cache. Startcache.exe is
located in “%InstallDir%\NCache Express\bin\tools” folder. Do this once for
each cache server:
Startcache cache-id /s serverName
C:\Program Files\NCache
Express\bin\tools > Startcache mytestreplicatedcache
/s SERVERNAME
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Run “AddTestData”
command-line program provided with NCache to add some test data to the cache.
It is located in “%InstallDir%\NCache Express\bin\tools” folder. Following
command adds 100 items of size 1024 bytes each:
AddTestData cache-id /c 1000 /s 1024
C:\Program Files\NCache
Express\bin\tools > AddTestData mytestreplicatedcache
/c 1000 /s 1024
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Check Green marked
Additions/sec counter in performance counter that, it is showing value for
addition of 1000s items.
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After 5 min., check
blue marked Expirations/sec counter in performance counter that, it is showing
items going to expire.
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If the above
operations succeed, then you can rest assured that you’ve configured the cache
correctly. You can either let the “test data” expire in 5 minutes of manually
clear the cache with the following command (again in “%InstallDir%\NCache
Express\bin\tools”)
ClearCache cache-id
C:\Program Files\NCache
Express\bin\tools > ClearCache mytestreplicatedcache
·
Open web application in visual
studio add reference of "Alachisoft.NCacheExpress.Web.dll"
from C:\Program
Files\NCache Express\bin\assembly\clr20
·
Mark all entities
that need to be cached as [Serializable].
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