Title: Does the Memcache method work or not?
Last modified: November 17, 2024

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# Does the Memcache method work or not?

 *  Resolved [More Than God](https://wordpress.org/support/users/more-than-god/)
 * (@more-than-god)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-memcache-method-work-or-not/)
 * Hello, it is not clear to me which methods for caching I really can use. The 
   setup guide returns real benchmarks for all of Disk, Redis and Memcached, and
   for particular steps (database cache, object cache) it recommends using Memcached.
   But If I select Memcached, I see later on top of settings pages this warning
 * > The following memcached servers are not responding or not running:
   > Database
   > Cache: 127.0.0.1:11211.Object Cache: 127.0.0.1:11211.This message will automatically
   > disappear once the issue is resolved.
 * So my question is if the memcached actually is in effect or not, eventually if
   I need to take additional steps to configure it. Would I be safer to choose Redis?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-memcache-method-work-or-not/#post-18143492)
 * Hello [@more-than-god](https://wordpress.org/support/users/more-than-god/)
 * Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!
 *  W3 Total Cache usees the ability of the server to use caching methods like Memcached
   or Redis. This notification you are getting means that the W3TC detects the Memcached,
   however, the Memcached service is not running or it needs to be restarted.
   If
   you are unsure about this, please reach out to your hosting provider or use terminal
   to do this yourself:
 * Check the service at the CLI/SSH: memcached-tool 127.0.0.1:11211 display and 
   memcached-tool 127.0.0.1:11211 stats.
 * telnet 127.0.0.1 11211
 * should communicate with memcache and respond to status commands etc
 * Look if the service is running: ps afux | grep memc
 * restart the service if needed (as root/sudo): service memcached restart.
 * Let me know if this helps!

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-memcache-method-work-or-not/#post-18143492)
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