It is possible to use appfabric for non web/asp.net caching ?
say instead of ncache/memcached etc.
A:
I have successfully experimented with Microsoft's project "Velocity" for caching in a non-web application. Velocity was the code name for what became AppFabric caching. I have not tried AppFabric caching, because I only have access to Windows XP/Server 2003 systems, and AppFabric requires Vista/7/Server 2008. Looking at the AppFabric caching documentation, I don't see any reason why it would now only work for web applications.
Mark Nelson
2010-05-14 21:01:52
do you know if there are any other dependencies/must have's other than vista/win7 ?
Kumar
2010-05-17 16:35:38
None in particular. I'm in the queue to get Windows 7 installed on my test PC at work, so I should be trying out AppFabric caching soon.
Mark Nelson
2010-05-18 15:08:10
+1
A:
AppFabric is application-agnostic - there's nothing to prevent you using it in WinForms/WPF/Windows Services applications, in fact I can see that it would lend itself quite well to a Windows Service.
PhilPursglove
2010-05-14 21:14:04