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The {CacheLib} caching engine: Design and experiences at scale

Berg et al., 2020

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9640591750757630935
Author
Berg B
Berger D
McAllister S
Grosof I
Gunasekar S
Lu J
Uhlar M
Carrig J
Beckmann N
Harchol-Balter M
Ganger G
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14th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI 20)

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Web services rely on caching at nearly every layer of the system architecture. Commonly, each cache is implemented and maintained independently by a distinct team and is highly specialized to its function. For example, an application-data cache would be independent …
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