I did it, I'm opening it, for you to see and test. Well, it took me one week but hey, that was fun to hack into memcached. So, I'm opening a service for Linode users (Dallas data center only for now but more to come !) that lets you share a memcached server.

The idea is kind of an experiment : you share _one_ instance. I don't provide you with fixed and different memcached servers, but you read it correctly : only one. This one is having a 200MB bucket for now but will be upgraded if needed.

How it works: you connect your memcache client to the linode which is running the memcached and I let you in if you registered to the beta. You can use the 200MB bucket as you wich, provided that the maximum expire (TTL) is set to 30 minutes (1800 seconds). Don't ask more, it won't work

Well, for the security, you'll probably be happy to know that you can't read/delete/modify keys that are not yours.

You can see this service as a super bursting and free (for now) super service !

In the future, if it works, I plan to make it a paid service but surprise, I would charge only 1 or 2 dollars/month. This way, you can temporary burst a 200MB (more coming !) memcached server for nearly free.

Hope you enjoy it and I'm opened to any suggestion for improvements. To participate to the beta, please visit this webpage which will explain you what you can/can't do , and the way to get it.

http://www.henri.pro/2010/09/25/memcach ... ance-beta/

Have a nice week end everyone !