Title: Memcache and multiple servers
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Memcache and multiple servers

 *  [wfaulk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfaulk/)
 * (@wfaulk)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memcache-and-multiple-servers/)
 * Does W3TC support sharing the memcache cache between multiple WordPress servers
   serving the same site?
 * I know it explicitly says “multiple servers” when selecting it, but I feel like
   I tried before and ran across some problems with it. (Not that I can remember
   what those problems were.) I just thought I’d get a direct confirmation.
 * Also, assuming that it does support multiple servers, is there anything that 
   I should be aware of that I need to configure differently?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [Willie Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/williejackson/)
 * (@williejackson)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memcache-and-multiple-servers/#post-5367730)
 * Yes, I need to write a detailed post on how to do this. It’s not hard. Can you
   [email me](https://www.w3-edge.com/contact/)?
 *  Thread Starter [wfaulk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfaulk/)
 * (@wfaulk)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memcache-and-multiple-servers/#post-5367896)
 * I emailed you through that link. Frederick Townes responded requesting that I
   submit a bug report through the admin interface. I couldn’t tell whether the 
   bug report went through or not. (The page reloaded with no acknowledgement either
   positive or negative.) I responded to Frederick via email with that information
   and I haven’t heard back yet.
 * I just want to make sure that I’m corresponding in the way you want.
 *  [lex.mustafin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexmustafin/)
 * (@lexmustafin)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memcache-and-multiple-servers/#post-5367930)
 * Hey wfaulk and Willie,
 * I’m also trying to set up W3 with memcache in a cloud.
 * Would love to hear suggestions and some best practices if there are any.
 * Thanks,
    Lex
 *  Thread Starter [wfaulk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfaulk/)
 * (@wfaulk)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memcache-and-multiple-servers/#post-5367949)
 * The quick summary of our offline email conversation is:
 * It won’t work.
 * As for my opinion, I think that WordPress is simply the wrong choice for any 
   site that needs multiple backend servers for any reason. The architecture simply
   isn’t there to support it.
 * That said, WordPress was selected by non-technical people in my business and 
   I can’t change that decision. I think I’m going back to look at Batcache again.

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 * Last reply from: [wfaulk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfaulk/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/memcache-and-multiple-servers/#post-5367949)
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