Run Memcached on Arm servers and measure its performance
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Run and test Memcached on Arm servers
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Run Memcached on Arm servers and measure its performance

About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Introductory
Reading time:  10 min
Last updated:  29 Sep 2026
Skill level:
  Introductory
Reading time:
  10 min
Last updated:
  29 Sep 2026
Author:Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Web AWS Graviton Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Ampere Compute Linux Runbook Memcached
Author:
  • Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Web AWS Graviton Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Ampere Compute Linux Runbook Memcached

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for developers who want to use memcached as their in-memory key-value store.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Install and run memcached on your Arm-based cloud server
  • Use an open-source benchmark to test memcached performance

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

  • An Arm based instance from an appropriate cloud service provider.

Summary

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You’ll deploy and benchmark Memcached on an Arm-based cloud server. First, you’ll provision an Ubuntu instance on AWS Graviton or OCI Ampere Compute, then install libevent, build tools, and the Memcached service. You’ll prepare memtier_benchmark, verify that the service is available, and run a workload to generate performance results. The completed setup gives you a repeatable baseline for testing Memcached on Arm infrastructure.

Frequently asked questions

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Which Linux distribution should I use on the cloud instance?
Use Ubuntu Linux because the package installation commands use apt.
Do I need a specific cloud provider or instance type?
Use an Arm-based Amazon EC2 or OCI Ampere Compute instance.
Which packages must be installed before running the benchmark tool?
Install libevent and the packages required by memtier_benchmark.
How should I interpret the aggregated benchmark results?
Use Ops/sec to compare operation rates and Hits/sec and Misses/sec to review cache results. Check the average, p50, p99, and p99.9 latency columns to understand response-time distribution, and use KB/sec to compare data throughput.
Can I install Memcached without building it from source?
Yes. Run sudo apt install memcached -y, then start the service with sudo systemctl start memcached.
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