AFAIK, since version 1.4.14, the max size of a Memcached object is 500MB. See more details here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/memcached/MOfjAseECrU On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Nadav Har Tzvi <freddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello there, > > Let me just start this topic by stating that I do know of the 1 MB item > size limitation in memcached and the reasons for why it is so. > > However I am faced here with a dilema. As part of a web service, I have to > return a bit large JSON object that includes base64 encoded images in it > (thus the large size). > The average JSON object size should be somewhere between 1.2 MB to 2MB max. > In order to boost the whole deal, I decided to cache those items (Server > has more than enough memory) and grant access from Nginx to reduce the load > on the service and provide quicker responses. > > So my question is this, should I go for increasing memcached item size or > is there any other solution to bypass this problem? Searching google didn't > provide any good results, maybe you have any idea of how to deal with this? > > Thanks. > -- Yiftach Shoolman +972-54-7634621
