Microsoft Velocity - best way to share cached data on single server

Question

Hi there,

I have several WCF services and ASP.NET application both accessing data via shared service layer. Inside this layer I'm performing all required data access and caching. Now I need to share cached object between WCF ans ASP.NET. What's the best way to configure Velocity to work on a SINGLE server. Also how can I disable object serialization?

Thanks!

Answer 1

MS Velocity is designed to provide a distributed cache. If you only have a single server MS Velocity may be a bit overkill.

Another point against using MS Velocity is that it is still in CTP.

In your case I would use MS Enterprise Library Caching Application Block. If you set up your ASP:net and your WCF site to use the same application pool they will have access to the same memory.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203099.aspx