Does the Memcache method work or not?

  • Hello, it is not clear to me which methods for caching I really can use. The setup guide returns real benchmarks for all of Disk, Redis and Memcached, and for particular steps (database cache, object cache) it recommends using Memcached. But If I select Memcached, I see later on top of settings pages this warning

    The following memcached servers are not responding or not running:
    Database Cache: 127.0.0.1:11211.
    Object Cache: 127.0.0.1:11211.
    This message will automatically disappear once the issue is resolved.

    So my question is if the memcached actually is in effect or not, eventually if I need to take additional steps to configure it. Would I be safer to choose Redis?

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @more-than-god

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!

     W3 Total Cache usees the ability of the server to use caching methods like Memcached or Redis. This notification you are getting means that the W3TC detects the Memcached, however, the Memcached service is not running or it needs to be restarted.
    If you are unsure about this, please reach out to your hosting provider or use terminal to do this yourself:

    Check the service at the CLI/SSH: memcached-tool 127.0.0.1:11211 display and memcached-tool 127.0.0.1:11211 stats.

    telnet 127.0.0.1 11211

    should communicate with memcache and respond to status commands etc

    Look if the service is running: ps afux | grep memc

    restart the service if needed (as root/sudo): service memcached restart.

    Let me know if this helps!

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.