Create New Cache

Local cache can be created in the following ways:

Using NCache Manager

• Right-click on Local Caches and select Create New Cache...

  

• In New Cache Wizard, specify the server IP address and click Next.

  

• New Cache wizard will open. Specify the name of the cache, Isolation Level and click Next.

  Warning

  Cache with the specified name should not exist on the server; otherwise you get an error message that this cache already exists on this server.

  

• Change the cache size if required and click Next.

  

• In Advanced options dialog, you can configure the following settings:

  • Eviction is enabled by default. You can configure the Eviction Policy accordingly. If you want to disable eviction, check the check box Turn off Eviction.

  • You can also change the Eviction percentage; items will be evicted from the cache using this percentage value if eviction is enabled.

  • You can change the Clean interval value. Default is 15 seconds.

  • This cache can be started automatically upon the completion of this process if you have checked the Start this cache on Finish checkbox on this dialog box.

  • You can make the cache to start automatically after service restart by checking the checkbox Auto start this cache on service startup.

  

• Click Finish. Created cache will appear in Cache Explorer under Local Caches node hierarchy.

Using Windows PowerShell

New-Cache cmdlet enables the user to create a new cache on one or more server nodes.

This Command creates demoLocalCache of local topology of size 1024MB on node 20.200.21.95.

New-Cache demoLocalCache -Server 20.200.21.95 -Size 1024

The following command creates a new cache of size 1024 MB named demoLocalCache on server 20.200.21.95 and uses the configuration existing on the specified path.

New-Cache -Name demoLocalCache -Server 20.200.21.95 –Path C:\config.xml

See Also

Add Existing Cache
Create Clustered Cache
Remove Cache
Clear Cache