Shibboleth Developers

[André Cruz <>]

Hello.

I was wondering if anyone has thought of implementing a plugin that  
would store the SP session cache on a cluster of memcache (http:// 
www.danga.com/memcached/) servers?

We use memcache here a lot since it reduces the need to hit DBs and  
it's FAST. Also there are APIs for a number of languages so for the  
developer it's just a case of GET/SET a value. The API takes care of  
contacting the correct server. If that server is down then the whole  
cached map is hashed across the running memcache instances  
transparently...

I guess some users would be instantly logged out if a server went  
down but that doesn't seem too bad. Memcache is normaly used in front  
of a DB but in this case it can be used independently.

This way the session cache can be shared easily across a cluster of SPs.

What do you guys think?

Regards,
André