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Make it clearer that groupcache is distributed
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boulos authored and bradfitz committed Oct 2, 2019
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## Summary

groupcache is a caching and cache-filling library, intended as a
replacement for memcached in many cases.
groupcache is a distributed caching and cache-filling library, intended as a
replacement for a pool of memcached nodes in many cases.

For API docs and examples, see http:https://godoc.org/github.com/golang/groupcache

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* does not require running a separate set of servers, thus massively
reducing deployment/configuration pain. groupcache is a client
library as well as a server. It connects to its own peers.
library as well as a server. It connects to its own peers, forming
a distributed cache.

* comes with a cache filling mechanism. Whereas memcached just says
"Sorry, cache miss", often resulting in a thundering herd of
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